Category: Culture and Religion
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India
Rights: Translation rights available for Indian and international languages (excluding English, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil)
Most historians believe that Jainism and other hermit schools were simply a reaction to Vedic ritualism. But for many Jains, their religion has no origin: it has always been around.
- Jainism was rediscovered by Rishabh-dev, the first Tirthankar of this era.
- Rishabh’s eldest son, Bharat, became Chakravarti, king of kings, and gave the country its name.
- Bahubali, Bharat’s younger brother, renounced violence and followed the Jain path of freedom.
- Rishabh was followed by twenty-three other Tirthankar. The last of them was Mahavir, who lived around 2,500 years ago.
In Bahubali, Devdutt Pattanaik explores the stories, symbols, rituals and ideas associated with one of India’s most ancient but lesser-known faiths, and shows us why the tenets of Jainism are still very relevant for all of us even today.
Translations:
Bahubali: 63 Insights into Jainism
Tirthankar – The Marathi translation of Bahubali: 63 Insights into Jainism (forthcoming)
Tirthankar – The Kannada translation of Bahubali: 63 Insights into Jainism (forthcoming)
Tirthankar – The Tamil translation of Bahubali: 63 Insights into Jainism (forthcoming)
The author: Devdutt Pattanaik