The Hindu monastery in South India: social, religious, and artistic traditions

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, fro...

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1. Verfasser: Rao, Nalini 1951- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lanham Lexington Books [2020]
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:xiii, 217 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9781793622372

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