Ascetics and Brahmins: Studies in Ideologies and Institutions - Olivelle, Patrick (London Anthem Press, 2012)
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
Keywords: Asceticism -- Hinduism; Religion