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Jainism and Tamil

Jainism and Tamil

Venkatasamy, Mayilai Seeni
Raj N., Arun Prakash
Subramanian, Darun

Hardcover

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral SociologyIndian & South Asian History

ISBN10: 1032482257
ISBN13: 9781032482255
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Aug 1 2025
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Jainism has a long history in the Tamil country. The Jains had a significant role in the formation of the Tamil script, including their great literary contribution. Despite this, most people were unaware of the presence of Tamil Jains and their connection to Tamil history. Many assumed, for instance, that Jainism and Buddhism were one and the same. To allay this confusion and ignorance, Mayilai Seeni Venkatasamy published Samanamum Tamilum (Jainism and Tamil) in 1954. The book is one of the earliest accounts introducing and explicating Jain philosophy, ethics, and doctrine to the modern Tamil reader. It traces Jainism's arrival to the Tamil region, its growth, and its eventual fall with the concurrent emergence of the Bhakti movement. It talks of the persecution of Jains and their forced conversions to the Hindu faith, and Hinduism's appropriations of Jain myths, festivals, and doctrines. Drawing from a variety of sources, including literature, inscription, sculpture, and temple architecture that has survived, perished, or metamorphosed into Hindu shrines, Venkatasamy resurrects the lost and largely forgotten Jain past of the Tamil country.

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