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Defining Division: An Historical Overview of Jain Social Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Marcus J. Banks
Marcus J. Banks
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This paper briefly charts the progress and findings of European scholars approaching the issues of caste and sect in the Jain community over the last two centuries. Other authors have already discussed the European interest in Jain textual and philosophical issues, and while I touch on these briefly, my main concern is to outline Jain social organization, with particular reference to Swetambar communities in the north.

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Modern Asian Studies , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , July 1986 , pp. 447 - 460
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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