Shivakotyacharya

A tenth-century Jain guide to ethics, self-discipline, and the quest for meaning at life’s end. Vaḍḍārādhane (literally, the veneration of ritual death), the first extant prose work in Kannada, is a tenth-century collection of Jain stories about nineteen warrior saints who embrace death in pursuit of moksha, or spiritual liberation. Each tale in this book of living and dying follows...