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The Hindu Monastery in South India
Social, Religious, and Artistic Traditions
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2020
Summary
Drawing on both textual and archaeological evidence, this study offers an integrated approach to scholarly debates on monasteries and guru relics in South India between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries. This study analyzes the role of the guru in the development of Hindu monastic orders, from centers of education to institutions of traditional authority. Focusing on the complex socio-religious context of the whole-body icon, the author analyzes the relic as a nexus of contradictions surrounding sacredness and death.
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Edition
1/2020
Copyright Year
2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-2237-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-2238-9
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
218
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
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Contents No access
List of Figures No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Note on Sanskrit Diacritics No access
Chapter 1 Introduction No access Pages 1 - 18
Chapter 2 Beginnings and Growth of Śaiva Monasteries in South India No access Pages 19 - 52
Chapter 3 Vedānta Monasteries No access Pages 53 - 90
Chapter 4 The Icon and Relic of the Guru No access Pages 91 - 132
Chapter 5 Multivalent Symbolism of the Vṛndāvana No access Pages 133 - 154
