Open Boundaries

John E. Cort is Associate Professor of Religion at Denison University.

"What I like most about this book is that it makes a tremendous advance on the research for the Jain identity. It examines the ways in which Jains identify themselves in relation to other communities, whether religious or political, from the ancient to the modern period, and the manner in which the others relate to them. No other South Asian religious community, whether the ancient Buddhists or the medieval Sikhs, has been studied in such a comprehensive manner. An indispensable reference work for the study of South Asia." — Padmanabh S. Jaini, University of California, Berkeley"There is no question that Jainism is an important topic, and this collection has something in it for everyone including solid papers on philosophy, sociology and anthropology, art history, religious studies, and literature." — Phyllis Granoff, McMaster University

• Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Contested Jain Identities of Self and Other John E. Cort2. Haribhadra's Analysis of Patanjala and Kula Yoga in the Yogadrstisamuccaya Christopher Key Chapple3. Becoming Gautama: Mantra and History in  Svetambara Jainism Paul Dundas4. Hemacandra and Sanskrit Poetics Gary A. Tubb5. Erotic Excess and Sexual Danger in the Civakacintamani James Ryan6. Who is a King? Jain Narratives of Kingship in  Medieval Western India John E. Cort7. Sweetmeats Or Corpses? Community, Conversion,  and Sacred Places Michael W. Meister8. Ritual Culture and the Distinctiveness of Jainism Lawrence A. Babb9. Sramanas against the Tamil Way: Jains As Others  in Tamil Saiva Literature Indira Viswanathan Peterson10. Jain and Hindu "Religious Women" in  Early Medieval Tamilnadu Leslie C. Orr11. The Story of the Disappearing Jains: Retelling the  Saiva-Jain Encounter in Medieval South India Richard H. DavisReferences Contributors Index