Gregory M Clines
Biographic Data
| ID | 1447401 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gregory M Clines |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gregory M |
| FAMILY NAME | Clines |
| SIGNATURE | CLINES G M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Trinity University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8954-9985 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Guys Who Bond
This article investigates Ācārya Hemacandra‘s 12th-century Sanskrit Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacarita (―The Lives of the Sixty-Three Illustrious Men,‖ TŚPC) to understand how Jain authors depict fraternal love as a durable and covert fetter to the world of transmigratory rebirth and re-death (saṃsāra). By examining the stories of the half-brother baladevas and vāsudevas in the TŚPC, the article identifies three consequentially negative characteristics o…
Making a Mantra
Jain Rāmāyaṇa Narratives
Jain Rāmāyaṇa Narratives: Moral Vision and Literary Innovation traces how and why Jain authors at different points in history rewrote the story of Rāma and situates these texts within larger frameworks of South Asian religious history and literature. The book argues that the plot, characters, and the very history of Jain Rāma composition itself served as a continual font of inspiration for authors to create and express novel visions of moral pers…
Taming the tamed elephant
The seventh-century Digambara author Raviṣeṇa is an important figure in the history of pre-modern South Asian literature, having composed the earliest extant Jain Rāma narrative in Sanskrit, the Padmapurāṇa (‘The Deeds of Padma’), a text that stands at the forefront of centuries of Jain engagement with the Rāma story. This article examines for the first time Raviṣeṇa’s use of humor in constructing the character of Rāvaṇa, arguing first – with ref…
So That It Might Become Clear
Scholars have long known that Jain authors from the early centuries of the common era composed their own versions of the story of Rāma, prince of Ayodhyā. Further, the differences between Jain and Brahminical versions of the narrative are well documented. Less studied are later versions of Jain Rāma narratives, particularly those composed during the early modern period. This paper examines one such version of the Rāma story, the fifteenth-century…
Jain Rāmāyaṇa Narratives
Jain Rāmāyaṇa Narratives: Moral Vision and Literary Innovation traces how and why Jain authors at different points in history rewrote the story of Rāma and situates these texts within larger frameworks of South Asian religious history and literature. The book argues that the plot, characters, and the very history of Jain Rāma composition itself served as a continual font of inspiration for authors to create and express novel visions of moral pers…
Taming the tamed elephant
The seventh-century Digambara author Raviṣeṇa is an important figure in the history of pre-modern South Asian literature, having composed the earliest extant Jain Rāma narrative in Sanskrit, the Padmapurāṇa (‘The Deeds of Padma’), a text that stands at the forefront of centuries of Jain engagement with the Rāma story. This article examines for the first time Raviṣeṇa’s use of humor in constructing the character of Rāvaṇa, arguing first – with ref…
So That It Might Become Clear
Scholars have long known that Jain authors from the early centuries of the common era composed their own versions of the story of Rāma, prince of Ayodhyā. Further, the differences between Jain and Brahminical versions of the narrative are well documented. Less studied are later versions of Jain Rāma narratives, particularly those composed during the early modern period. This paper examines one such version of the Rāma story, the fifteenth-century…
Jain Rāmāyaṇa Narratives
Jain Rāmāyaṇa Narratives: Moral Vision and Literary Innovation traces how and why Jain authors at different points in history rewrote the story of Rāma and situates these texts within larger frameworks of South Asian religious history and literature. The book argues that the plot, characters, and the very history of Jain Rāma composition itself served as a continual font of inspiration for authors to create and express novel visions of moral pers…
Guys Who Bond
This article investigates Ācārya Hemacandra‘s 12th-century Sanskrit Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacarita (―The Lives of the Sixty-Three Illustrious Men,‖ TŚPC) to understand how Jain authors depict fraternal love as a durable and covert fetter to the world of transmigratory rebirth and re-death (saṃsāra). By examining the stories of the half-brother baladevas and vāsudevas in the TŚPC, the article identifies three consequentially negative characteristics o…
Making a Mantra
Anthropological Studies and Insights (5 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (4 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Indian History and Philosophy (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sanskrit (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · History (2 works)