The Hindu Monastery in South India by Nalini Rao

Lexington Books
The Hindu Monastery in South India by Nalini Rao
The Hindu Monastery in South India by Nalini Rao
Product Specifications
  • Title: The Hindu Monastery in South India by Nalini Rao
  • Author: Nalini Rao
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Art treatments & subjects
  • No. of pages: 252
  • Dimensions (approx. mm): 229 x 154 x 13

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This study analyzes the role of asceticism icons and the guru in South India. Tracing the development of Hindu monastic orders the author analyzes the growth of these institutions from educational establishments to centers of traditional socio-religious authority centering her argument on the phenomenon of guru whole-body relics.