<i>‘Tataḥ Śrī-Gurus-Tasmai Sūrimantraṃ Dadyāt’,</i> ‘Then the Venerable Guru Ought to Give Him the <i>Sūrimantra</i>’: Early Modern Digambara Jaina <i>Bhaṭṭāraka</i> Consecrations

<i>‘Tataḥ Śrī-Gurus-Tasmai Sūrimantraṃ Dadyāt’,</i> ‘Then the Venerable Guru Ought to Give Him the <i>Sūrimantra</i>’: Early Modern Digambara Jaina <i>Bhaṭṭāraka</i> Consecrations

As recent research on the former <i>bhaṭṭāraka</i> lineages of Western and Central India has shown, the early modern Digambara tradition, rather than constituting a distinct, and defective, &#8216;<i>bhaṭṭāraka</i> era&#8217;, shows much similarity to contemporary Dig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tillo Detige
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-06-01
Series:Religions
Subjects:
Jainism
Digambara
<i>bhaṭṭāraka</i>s
early modern Indian religious traditions
asceticism
mendicant initiation
consecration rituals
Sanskrit ritual manuals
vernacular songs of praise
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