7. Clay Pots, Golden Rings, and Clean Upper Garments: Causality in Jaina Philosophy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I: Text, Image & Lived Spaces
6. 1. The Enigma of the Centauress and Her Lover: Investigating a Fifth-century Terracotta Panel from Ahichhatrā 13
7. 2. Visual Story-Telling in Text and Image: The Nāga as Inhabitant of the Cosmic Ocean and the Netherworld 51
8. 3. Vyoman: The Sky is the Limit. On the Bhaviṣyapurāṇa’s Reworking of the Liṅgodbhava Myth 75
9. 4. Bronze Temple Bells from the Tibetan Imperial Period: Buddhist Material Culture in Context 105
10. Part II: Philosophy & Intellectual Spaces
11. 5. Nonagonistic Discourse in the Early History of Indian Philosophical Debates: From Brahmodyas to the Mahābhāṣya 145
12. 6. The Legitimation of an Authoritative Discourse in Jainism 173
13. 7. Clay Pots, Golden Rings, and Clean Upper Garments: Causality in Jaina Philosophy 197
14. 8. Charting the Geographies of ’Ju Mi pham rnam rgyal rgya mtsho’s Perspectivist Approach to the Two Truths 225
15. List of Contributors 255
16. Index 257