2008 - Firenze University Press
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Collected essays
v.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Collected writings.
- First publ. 2006, now with a new preface.
Content Notes
- 2. : Ascetics and Brahmins studies ... - 2008. - 328 p.
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ISBN: 9788884537324
DISCIPLINES
SUBJECTS HEADINGS
- Hinduism
- Sanskrit language
- India -- Civilization
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In this volume
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction to Renunciation in the Hindu Traditions
- 2. Ascetics and the Domestic in Brahmanical Religiosity
- 3. Village vs. Wilderness
- 4. A Definition of World Renunciation
- 5. From Feast to Fast Food and the Indian Ascetic
- 6. The Beast and the Ascetic
- 7. Decostruction of the Body in Indian Asceticism
- 8. Contributions to the Semantic History of Samnyasa
- 9. The Semantic History of asrama
- 10. Renunciation in the Samnyasa Upanisads
- 11. Odes of Renunciation
- 12. Ritual Suicide and the Rite of Renunciation
- 13. The Renouncer's Staff Trivistabdha, tridanda, and ekadanda
- 14. Pañcamasramavidhi Rite for Becoming a Naked Ascetic
- 15. Anandatirtha's Samnyasapaddhati
- 16. Renouncer and Renunciation in the Dharmasastras
- 17. King and Ascetic
- Bibliography
- Index
