Inviting death : Historical experiments on Sepulchral Hill.
Settar, S.
Inviting death : Historical experiments on Sepulchral Hill. / S Settar. - Delhi : Primus books, , 2016. - xviii, 280p. : 24cm.
This book presents the history of the Jaina rules of inviting death, descriptive accounts of Puranic and historical personalities who embraced it, and an interesting body of epigraphical and archaeological remains over a millennium and a half on the Samadhi-betta, the Sepulchral Hill, at Sravana Belgola, one of the foremost Digambara Jaina centres in the world.
9789380607429
Brijwasi Book Distributors H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi
Jaina shrines
Sepulchral monuments
Religious aspects
294.423 SET
Inviting death : Historical experiments on Sepulchral Hill. / S Settar. - Delhi : Primus books, , 2016. - xviii, 280p. : 24cm.
This book presents the history of the Jaina rules of inviting death, descriptive accounts of Puranic and historical personalities who embraced it, and an interesting body of epigraphical and archaeological remains over a millennium and a half on the Samadhi-betta, the Sepulchral Hill, at Sravana Belgola, one of the foremost Digambara Jaina centres in the world.
9789380607429
Brijwasi Book Distributors H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi
Jaina shrines
Sepulchral monuments
Religious aspects
294.423 SET
