Dundas, Paul2019-09-252019-09-252013-12-1820091748-1074http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/198112Image installation (pratiṣṭhā), a central ritual of Jainism, of necessity requires the cooperative participation of monk and layman. The twelfth century Śvetāmbara teacher Candraprabhasūri, credited with initiating the Paurṇamīyaka Gaccha, apparently criticised the role of the monk in empowering an image of a Jina, apparently on the grounds that monks cannot engage in physical worship (dravyapūjā) of any iconic representation. This paper analyses the systematic riposte to this position by Ajitadevasūri of the Bṛhad Gaccha in his Mohonmūlanavādasthānaka of 1128.engCreative Commons Copyright (CC 2.5)JainismReligious ethicsMethods of ethicsTheological ethicsArticle