Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1 Introduction to Renunciation in the Hindu Traditions
- 2 The Ascetic and the Domestic in Brahmanical Religiosity
- 3 Village vs. Wilderness: Ascetic Ideals and the Hindu World
- 4 A Definition of World Renunciation
- 5 From Feast to Fast: Food and the Indian Ascetic
- 6 The Beast and the Ascetic: The Wild in the Indian Religious Imagination
- 7 Deconstruction of the Body in Indian Asceticism
- 8 Contributions to the Semantic History of Saṃnyāsa
- 9 The Semantic History of āśrama
- 10 Renunciation in the Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads
- 11 Odes of Renunciation
- 12 Ritual Suicide and the Rite of Renunciation
- 13 The Renouncer's Staff: triviṃṭabdha, tridaṇḍa, and ekadaṇḍa
- 14 Pañcamāśramavidhi: Rite for Becoming a Naked Ascetic
- 15 Ānandatīrtha's Saṃnyāsapaddhati: Handbook for Madhvaite Ascetics
- 16 Renouncer and Renunciation in the Dharmaśāstras
- 17 King and Ascetic: State Control of Asceticism in the Arthaśāstra
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1 Introduction to Renunciation in the Hindu Traditions
- 2 The Ascetic and the Domestic in Brahmanical Religiosity
- 3 Village vs. Wilderness: Ascetic Ideals and the Hindu World
- 4 A Definition of World Renunciation
- 5 From Feast to Fast: Food and the Indian Ascetic
- 6 The Beast and the Ascetic: The Wild in the Indian Religious Imagination
- 7 Deconstruction of the Body in Indian Asceticism
- 8 Contributions to the Semantic History of Saṃnyāsa
- 9 The Semantic History of āśrama
- 10 Renunciation in the Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads
- 11 Odes of Renunciation
- 12 Ritual Suicide and the Rite of Renunciation
- 13 The Renouncer's Staff: triviṃṭabdha, tridaṇḍa, and ekadaṇḍa
- 14 Pañcamāśramavidhi: Rite for Becoming a Naked Ascetic
- 15 Ānandatīrtha's Saṃnyāsapaddhati: Handbook for Madhvaite Ascetics
- 16 Renouncer and Renunciation in the Dharmaśāstras
- 17 King and Ascetic: State Control of Asceticism in the Arthaśāstra
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Ascetics and BrahminsStudies in Ideologies and Institutions, pp. 307 - 318Publisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2011