Worldly gurus and spiritual kings : architecture and asceticism in Medieval India

By:

Sears, Tamara I

Publication details: London Yale University Press 2014Description: xv,284pISBN:

9780300198447

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DDC classification:

720.954 SEA

Contents:

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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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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