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From Possession to Freedom

The Journey of Nili-Nilakeci

  • Hardback
  • 280 pages
  • Publisher: Zubaan
  • 14.5 x 21.9 x 2.3 cm

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The Tamil text Nilakeci, published between the first and fifth centuries, deals with Jaina philosophy through the use of an unusual literary technique: retrieving a pey, or possessing spirit (usually a woman), from the folk tradition and casting it in a new image. Thus a demon becomes a philosopher, for example and if that is possible, then anyone can transform themselves into someone new, a redeemed self, by following the Jaina tenets. This is a profoundly subversive idea within the tradition, as is the use in Nilakeci of a female persona to debate with the most prominent teachers, all but one of them male, from the various schools of thought prevalent at the time. This book places Nilakeci within a historical context while nonetheless maintaining its status as a singular, radical work, using translations of selected excerpts to make a powerful case.
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  • Title

    From Possession to Freedom

  • Author

    R. Umamaheshwari

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Zubaan

  • Published

    April 2019

  • Weight

    382g

  • Page Count

    280

  • Dimensions

    14.5 x 21.9 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9789385932281

  • ISBN-10

    9385932284

  • Eden Code

    4530733

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