2006 - Firenze University Press
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Ascetics and Brahmins : studies in ideologies and institutions
328 p.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Already publ. writings.
- Joint ed.
- P. Olivelle, professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
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ISBN: 8884535271
THEMENBEREICHE
THEMENGEBIETE
- Ascetism
- Brahmans
- Asia -- Religion life and customs
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In diesem Band
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1. Introduction to Renunciation in the Hindu Traditions
- 2. The Ascetic and the Domestic in Brahmanical Religiosity
- 3. Village vs. Wilderness
- 4. A Definition of World Renunciation
- 5. From Feast to Fast
- 6. The Beast and the Ascetic
- 7. Deconstruction of the Body in Indian Ascetism
- 8. Contributions to the Semantic History of "samnyasa"
- 9. The Semantic Historyof "asrama"
- 10. Renunciation in the "Samnyasa Upanisads"
- 11. Odes of Renunciation
- 12. Ritual Suicide and the Rite of Renunciation
- 13. The Renouncer's Staff
- "Pañcamasramavidhi"
- 15. Anandatirtha's "Samnyasapaddhati"
- 16. Renouncer and Renunciation in the Dharmasastras
- 17. King and Ascetics
- Bibliography
- Index