Ascetics and Brahmins: Studies in Ideologies and Institutions

By:

Olivelle, Patrick

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Anthem Press 2012Description: 328pISBN:

9789380601632

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DDC classification:

294.5447 OLI

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Item type	Current library	Item location	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	NIMA Knowledge Centre	9th Floor Reading Zone	General	294.5447 OLI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		M0028384

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Preface 1. Introduction to renunciation in the Hindu traditions 2. The Ascetic and the domestic in Brahmanical religiosity 3. Village vs. wilderness: Ascetic ideals and the Hindu world 4. A definition of world renunciation 5. From feast to fast: food and the Indian Ascetic 6. The beast and the Ascetic: the wild in the Indian religious imagination 7. Deconstruction of the body in Indian Asceticism

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