Edinburgh Research Explorer Shared Characters in Jain, Buddhist and Hindu Narrative Citation for published version: Appleton, N 2016, Shared Characters in Jain, Buddhist and Hindu Narrative: Gods, Kings and Other Heroes. Dialogues in South Asian Traditions: Religion, Philosophy, Literature and History, 1 edn, Routledge, Abingdon. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315608860 Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.4324/9781315608860 Link: Link to publication record in Edinburgh Research Explorer Document Version: Peer reviewed version Publisher Rights Statement: This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in "Shared Characters in Jain, Buddhist and Hindu Narrative" on 24/11/2016, available online: http://www.routledge.com/9781472484451 General rights Copyright for the publications made accessible via the Edinburgh Research Explorer is retained by the author(s) and / or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing these publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. Take down policy The University of Edinburgh has made every reasonable effort to ensure that Edinburgh Research Explorer content complies with UK legislation. If you believe that the public display of this file breaches copyright please contact
[email protected] providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 27. Sep. 2021 Chapter 6 The Renouncing Royals of Videha In the ninth chapter of the Uttarajjhāyā (‘Later Chapters’), one of the scriptures of the Śvetāmbara Jains, we find the story of a king called Nami. Having recalled a past life, 1 Nami decides to renounce and so places his son on the throne before abandoning his kingdom for the solitary life.