Ritual death in a secular state: the Jain practice of Sallekhana

Sethi, Manisha

doi:10.1080/19472498.2019.1609261

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“…Contemporary Jain practices regarding gender remain complex. Several Jain studies scholars, perplexed by the prevalence of Jain nuns within a tradition that privileges male asceticism, have conducted studies of nuns who persist in finding creative outlets for personal growth, higher education, and community leadership (Fohr 2006;Sethi 2012;Shāntā 1997;Vallely 2002a). Laywomen are seen as indispensable transmitters of the tradition-perpetuating recitations, songs, mantras (Kelting 2001), Jain education of children, and family fasts (Kelting 2009).…”

Section: Sex Selectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Acquired Alterity: Migration, Identity, and Literary Nationalism

Mack¹

2022

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the donors of the Shrimad Rajchandra Endowed Chair in Jain Studies at the University of California, Riverside, and the Jain community of Southern California; the Polonsky family, Gabriel Motzkin, Shai Lavi, and the Polonsky Fellows; Yigal Bronner and David Shulman; and her students. She could not have completed this project without her friends, Matic and his family, Tilka, and Rozka.xi Note on L anguage and Transliteration Jain texts are written in several languages. For the purpose of standardization, we are using Sanskrit for most terms and titles even if they appear in Prakrits or Hindi. For primary sources in the bibliography, readers will find, where applicable, both the Sanskrit and Prakrit titles listed.We are following standard conventions for the transliteration of words from Indic languages. Non-English terms are italicized and all technical terms are explained when they are first mentioned, for which the index will be useful.All translations are ours unless noted otherwise.

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Section: Sex Selectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In 2015, the court banned the practice, making sallekhanā or its abetment punishable according to the Indian penal code. However, the court suspended this judgment in August of the same year after nationwide protests by Jains, and the case is currently under review (Mahapatra 2015;Sethi 2019).…”

Section: Manner Of Deathmentioning

confidence: 99%