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(Paperback)

By: Nalini Rao

ISBN: 9781793622396
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: May 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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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.


(Hardback)

By: Nalini Rao

ISBN: 9781793622372
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Sep 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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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.