TY  - GEN
AU  - Sears, Tamara I.
TI  - Worldly gurus and spiritual kings : architecture and asceticism in Medieval India
SN  - 9780300198447
U1  - 720.954 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  -  
N1  - CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgments ix
A Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Dates Xv
Introduction: Encountering the Monastery i
CHAPTER 1
In Search of "Drunken Peacocks": Mapping Monastic Histories from Forest to State 27
CHAPTER 2
Inscribing Asceticism: Epigraphic Practices and the Materiality of Text 45
CHAPTER 3
From Hermit's Hut to Guru's Mansion: Ascetic Practice and Monastic Life at Kadwaha and Ranod 73
CHAPTER 4
Expanding Arenas of Devotion: Temple Icons and Living Sages at Terahi and Surwaya 171
CHAPTER 5
Constructing the Guru: Monastic Networks in the Kingdom of the Kalachuris 187
Epilogue:
The Legacy of the Drunken Peacocks   231
Notes 247
Index 277

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