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Jains in the World: Religious Values and Ideology in India

John Cort's study is grounded in his own fieldwork among Jain communities in India, documenting lived religious practice at sites such as Palitana and Shatrunjaya and the roles Jain religious specialists actually occupy, rather than reconstructing Jain life from doctrinal texts alone. That direct ethnographic grounding, checkable against the specific communities and sites it describes, is the study's real evidentiary basis. This record has not independently traced a documented history of scholarly disagreement with Cort's specific ethnographic claims. Use it for established facts about lived Jain religious practice and values; it is not a source for the canonical scriptural content of Jain doctrine itself, which needs a dedicated textual source.

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John Cort's study grounded in his own fieldwork among Jain communities in India, documenting lived religious practice at sites such as Palitana and the roles Jain religious specialists actually occupy, rather than reconstructing Jain life from doctrinal texts alone.

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John Cort's scholarly study of Jain religious values and practice in India, covering Jain cosmology, sacred sites such as Palitana and Shatrunjaya, and religious roles within the community. Use for established scholarly facts about lived Jain religious practice and its ideology; an ethnographically grounded academic study, not a source for the canonical scriptural content of Jain doctrine itself.

Citation

Author

John E. Cort

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Year

2001

URL

https://archive.org/details/jainsinworldreli0000cort

Source Type

academic monograph

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India

This source names India directly: "fieldwork among Jain communities in India, documenting lived religious practice at sites such as Palitana and Shatrunjaya and the roles Jain religious specialists actually occupy, rather than..."

Source Jains in the World: Religious Values and Ideology in IndiaJohn E. Cort

Claims Backed By This Source (146 claims)

This source backs 146 claims across the atlas. As facts: 91 well-attested. As cited relationships: 15 holds, 1 connected. Plus 39 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Practices, 24 claims: 18 well-attested, 2 holds, 4 general references.
Sacred Sites, 23 claims: 15 well-attested, 5 holds, 3 general references.
Religious Roles & Titles, 18 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 holds, 6 general references.
Articles, 15 claims: 15 well-attested.
Deities, 10 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds, 3 general references.
Figures, 9 claims: 2 well-attested, 7 general references.
Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
Holidays & Festivals, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Denominations, 6 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 3 general references.
Religious Organization & Structure, 6 claims: 1 well-attested, 5 general references.
Doctrines, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
Religions, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
Cities, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
Pilgrimage Routes, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 general references.
Religious Dress & Vestments, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Religious Events, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.