bokomslag From Possession to Freedom  The Journey of NiliNilakeci
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From Possession to Freedom The Journey of NiliNilakeci

R Umamaheshwari

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  • 280 sidor
  • 2019
The Tamil text Nilakeci, published between the first and fifth centuries, deals with Jaina philosophy through the use of an unusual literary technique: retrieving a pey, or possessing spirit (usually a woman), from the folk tradition and casting it in a new image. Thus a demon becomes a philosopher, for example and if that is possible, then anyone can transform themselves into someone new, a redeemed self, by following the Jaina tenets. This is a profoundly subversive idea within the tradition, as is the use in Nilakeci of a female persona to debate with the most prominent teachers, all but one of them male, from the various schools of thought prevalent at the time. This book places Nilakeci within a historical context while nonetheless maintaining its status as a singular, radical work, using translations of selected excerpts to make a powerful case.
  • Författare: R Umamaheshwari
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9789385932281
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 280
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2019-04-15
  • Förlag: Zubaan