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The Hindu Monastery in South India
Social, Religious, and Artistic Traditions- Authors:
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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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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2020
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-7936-2237-2
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-7936-2238-9
- Publisher
- Lexington, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 218
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- Book Titles
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
- Chapter 6 Conclusion No access Pages 155 - 162
- Appendix No access Pages 163 - 166
- Glossary No access Pages 167 - 170
- Bibliography No access Pages 171 - 202
- Index No access Pages 203 - 216
- About the Author No access Pages 217 - 218





