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020 _a9780300198447
082 _a720.954
_bSEA
100 _aSears, Tamara I.
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245 _aWorldly gurus and spiritual kings : architecture and asceticism in Medieval India
260 _aLondon
_bYale University Press
_c2014
300 _axv,284p.
505 _aCONTENTS 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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