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Buddhism and Jainism share the concepts of karma, rebirth, and the desirability of escaping from rebirth. The literature of both traditions contains many stories about past, and sometimes future, lives which reveal much about these foundational doctrines. Naomi Appleton carefully explores how multi-life stories served to construct, communicate, and challenge ideas about karma and rebirth within early South Asia, examining portrayals of the different realms of rebirth, the potential paths and goals of human beings, and the biographies of ideal religious figures. Appleton also deftly surveys the ability of karma to bind individuals together over multiple lives, and the nature of the supernormal memory that makes multi-life stories available in the first place. This original study not only sheds light on the individual preoccupations of Buddhist and Jain tradition, but contributes to a more complete history of religious thought in South Asia, and brings to the foreground long-neglected narrative sources.

Karma --- Reincarnation --- Buddhist literature --- Jaina literature --- History and criticism --- Karma. --- Reincarnation. --- History and criticism. --- Past-lives regression --- Rebirth --- Regression, Past-lives --- Pre-existence --- Soul --- Theosophy --- Transmigration --- Parapsychology --- Religion --- Buddhist literature - History and criticism --- Jaina literature - History and criticism

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Transmission of texts --- Sanskrit language --- Sanskrit literature --- Jaina literature --- Buddhist literature, Sanskrit --- Oral tradition in literature. --- Transmission de textes --- Sanscrit (Langue) --- Littérature sanscrite --- Littérature Jaïna --- Littérature bouddhique sanscrite --- Tradition orale dans la littérature --- Translating --- Criticism, Textual --- History and criticism --- Traduction --- Critique textuelle --- Histoire et critique --- Jaina literature, Sanskrit --- Oral tradition in literature --- Littérature sanscrite --- Littérature Jaïna --- Littérature bouddhique sanscrite --- Tradition orale dans la littérature --- Transmission of texts - India --- Sanskrit language - Translating --- Sanskrit literature - Criticism, Textual --- Sanskrit literature - To 1500 --- Jaina literature, Sanskrit - Criticism, Textual --- Buddhist literature, Sanskrit - Criticism, Textual --- Littérature indienne (de l'Inde) --- Littérature indienne (de l'Inde). --- Transmission des textes --- Philologie sanskrite. --- Civilisation --- Vie intellectuelle --- Étude et enseignement. --- Aspect social. --- Histoire.