Paul Dundas's academic monograph, published by Routledge in its Advances in Jaina Studies series, examining the Tapa Gaccha's consolidation as the leading Svetambara order from the thirteenth century onward, including its own analysis of the founding narrative's late and uncorroborated textual sources.
Facts
Citation
AuthorPaul Dundas
PublisherRoutledge (Advances in Jaina Studies)
Publication Year2012
URLhttps://books.google.com/books/about/History_Scripture_and_Controversy_in_a_M.html?id=40p8ygAACAAJ
Source Typeacademic monograph
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
A peer reviewed academic monograph by a University of Edinburgh scholar of Jainism, published by an academic press, tier 1, used here for the order's historical consolidation and the honest limitation on how well corroborated its founding account is. NotesUsed for the scholarly assessment of the Tapa Gaccha's founding narrative and its consolidation as the leading Svetambara order.
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- Spread Events, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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