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Redemption or Death: Jainism’s transformation of the Hindu villain Kīcaka in Jaina Mahābhāratas
Jainism, a living minority religion in India, has its own tradition of Jain adaptation of the Hindu Sanskrit epic Mahābhārata. This project intends to compare Jain adaptions of Kīcakavadha-episode of the Mahābhārata epic. Do most Jain authors follow the earliest Jaina adaptation of the Kīcaka-episode, in which the sexual predator Kīcaka is redeemed as Jain monk, or not?
Date:1 Dec 2019 → 30 Nov 2023
Keywords:South-Asian Religions, Jainism, Sanskrit literature, Hinduism, religious identity, Mahābhārata
Disciplines:Other philosophy, ethics and religious studies not elsewhere classified, Other Asian literatures, Indian languages