The King Never Dies: Royal Renunciation and the Fiction of Jain Sovereignty
To theorize Jain sovereignty, this essay takes up Ernst Kantorowicz’s underlying query of what happens when a king dies. In turning to medieval Jain authors such as Jinasena, we see how sovereignty and renunciation were mutually constituted such that the king’s renunciation completely subverts the p...
Main Author: | Sarah Pierce Taylor |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-11-01
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Series: | Religions |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/11/986 |
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