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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Auteur principal: Rao, Nalini 1951- (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Lanham Boulder New York London Lexington Books [2020]
Dans:Année: 2020
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Inde (Süd) / Hindouisme / Monastère / Histoire
Sujets non-standardisés:B Hindu monasticism and religious orders (India, South) History
B Hindu monasteries (India, South) History
B Hindu monasteries
B Hindu monasticism and religious orders
B History
B South India
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Résumé: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
Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 171-201
ISBN:179362237X