02926nam 22005772 450 991046118600332120151002020704.01-280-49092-697866135861551-84331-802-4(CKB)2670000000160397(EBL)875536(OCoLC)781851566(SSID)ssj0000632206(PQKBManifestationID)12217362(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000632206(PQKBWorkID)10609830(PQKB)11279541(UkCbUP)CR9781843318026(MiAaPQ)EBC875536(Au-PeEL)EBL875536(CaPaEBR)ebr10539068(CaONFJC)MIL358615(EXLCZ)99267000000016039720120305d2011|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAscetics and Brahmins studies in ideologies and institutions /Patrick Olivelle[electronic resource]London :Anthem Press,2011.1 online resource (328 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Cultural, historical and textual studies of religionsTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).0-85728-432-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- Introduction to renunciation in the Hindu traditions -- The Ascetic and the domestic in Brahmanical religiosity -- Village vs. wilderness: Ascetic ideals and the Hindu world -- A definition of world renunciation -- From feast to fast: food and the Indian Ascetic -- The beast and the Ascetic: the wild in the Indian religious imagination -- Deconstruction of the body in Indian Asceticism -- Contributions to the semantic history of saṃnyāsa -- The semantic history of āśrama -- Renunciation in the Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads -- Odes of renunciation -- Ritual suicide and the rite of renunciation -- The renouncer's staff: triviṣṭabdha, tridaṇḍa, and ekadaṇḍa -- Pañcamāśramavidhi: rite for becoming a naked Ascetic -- Ānandatīrtha's Saṃnyāsapaddhati: a handbook for Madhvaite Ascetics -- Renouncer and renunciation in the Dharmaśāstras -- King and Ascetic: state control of Asceticism in the Arthaśāstra.This volume brings together papers on Indian ascetical institutions and ideologies published by Patrick Olivelle over a span of about thirty years.Cultural, historical and textual studies of religions.Ascetics & BrahminsAsceticismHinduismAsceticismHinduism.294.5447Olivelle Patrick441894UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910461186003321Ascetics and brahmins1732278UNINA