Flügel, Peter (2010) 'The Jaina Cult of Relic Stūpas.' Numen, 57 (3). pp. 389-504.
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Abstract
This article gives an overview of recent findings on the thriving cult of bone relic stūpas in contemporary Jaina culture. Although Jaina doctrine rejects the worship of material objects, fieldwork in India on the hitherto unstudied current Jaina mortuary rituals furnished clear evidence for the ubiquity of bone relic stūpas and relic veneration across the Jaina sectarian spectrum. The article discusses a representative case and assesses the significance of the overall findings for the history of religions. It also offers a new theoretical explanation of the power of relics.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | Jaina relic stūpas, mortuary rituals, Vallabha Samudāya, cultural unconscious, theory of generalized symbolic media, relics as social forms |
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > School of History, Religions & Philosophies > Department of Religions & Philosophies Legacy Departments > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Department of the Study of Religions > Centre of Jaina Studies |
| ISSN: | 00295973 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1163/156852710X501351 |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jun 2010 14:35 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/8618 |
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