Nalini Rao

The Hindu Monastery in South India (eBook, PDF)

Social, Religious, and Artistic Traditions

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on both textual and archaeological evidence, this study offers an integrated approach to scholarly debates on monasteries and guru relics in South India between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries. This study analyzes the role of the guru in the development of Hindu monastic orders, from centers of education to institutions of traditional authority. Focusing on the complex socio-religious context of the whole-body icon, the author analyzes the relic as a nexus of contradictions surrounding sacredness and death.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978788831
• Artikelnr.: 74842926

Autorenporträt

Nalini Rao is professor of world art at Soka University of America.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Hindu Monasteries in a Socio-religious Context
Chapter Two: Beginnings and Growth of Saiva Monasteries
Chapter Three: Vedanta Mathas: Development, Identity, and Patronage
Chapter Four: The Icon and Relic of the Guru
Chapter Five: Multivalent Symbolism of the Vrndavana
Chapter Six: Conclusions