Jaina Culture in Medieval Karnataka : Dominance, Dependency and Endurance / / ed. by Julia A.B. Hegewald

• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2025]; 2025
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XIV, 632 p.)
• Soggetto topico: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery
• Soggetto non controllato: Jaina temple; South India; Vīraśaiva
• Persona (resp. second.): HegewaldJulia A. B.; HegewaldJulia A.B.; LauerJulia; LorenzettiTiziana; PintoPius F.; ScholzSabine
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Dependency and Jaina Studies in Karnataka -- Chapter 1 Questions and Conclusions: The Conundrum of the Rise and Decline of Jaina Influence in Medieval Karnataka -- Chapter 2 An Overview of Jaina History in Karnataka: From the Third Century BCE to the Sixteenth Century -- Chapter 3 Digambara Jainism in Karnataka: A Socio-Religious Survey of the Rise and Decline of a Religious Tradition -- Chapter 4 Jainas and Vīraśaivas: An Encounter in Mediaeval Karnataka -- Chapter 5 Development and Destruction, Conversion and Continuity: The Legacy of Jaina Temple Architecture in Karnataka -- Chapter 6 Of Flourishing Economic Exchanges and Political Stereotypes: The Complex Relationship Between Jainas and Muslims in Karnataka—Then and Now -- Glossary -- List of Plates -- Notes on Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Why did the Jainas in Karnataka plunge from a position of supremacy into one of severe dependency? After a steep and steady rise throughout the region from about the fifth century CE, Jaina influence waned dramatically from the late eleventh or early twelfth centuries onwards. In this publication, specialists in Indian history, religious studies and anthropology, as well as historians of art and architecture, discuss various expressions of this sudden and detrimental decline and explore the reasons for it, focusing in particular on the relations of the Jainas with Vīraśaivas and Muslims. The evidence provided by the five international scholars, who offer insights from different disciplinal backgrounds, indicates that the reasons for the Jainas’ loss of authority in the region were manifold. Certain internal triggers, such as changes in Jaina social structure and religious practices, adversely affected their position over time. In particular, however, the withdrawal of royal patronage, the success of the Vīraśaivas as traders, and the emergence in the area at this time of a number of competing religious groups caused the Jainas to slip into a position of strong asymmetrical dependency.
• Titolo autorizzato: Jaina Culture in Medieval Karnataka
• ISBN: 3-11-169599-9; 3-11-169526-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996659459003316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Dependency and Slavery Studies