| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 352 pages) |
| Series |
Brill's Indological library, 0925-2916 ; v. 25 |
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Brill's Indological library ; v. 25. 0925-2916
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| Contents |
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- TRANSLITERATION -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE BRANCHES OF THE DASANAMI ORDER -- CHAPTER TWO AKHADA-S AND DASANAMI FUNCTIONARIES -- CHAPTER THREE RENUNCIATION, RULES FOR ASCETICS, AND INITIATION -- CHAPTER FOUR. THE INTEGRATION OF VARIOUS LINEAGES: THE MATHAMNAYA-S -- CHAPTER FIVE SANKARA�S HAGIOGRAPHIES AND HIS RELIGIOUS ORIENTATION -- CHAPTER SIX THE RISE AND INFLUENCE OF ADVAITA MATHA-S -- CHAPTER SEVEN NAGA-S, SUFIS AND PARALLEL RELIGIOUS IDENTITIES -- APPENDIX 1 |
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Appendix 2 translation -- appendix 3 -- appendix 4 -- bibliography -- index |
| Summary |
This book provides an account of the organisation, practices and history of the Da?an?m?-Sa?ny?s?s, one of the largest sects of s?dhu-s ('holy men') in South Asia, founded, according to tradtion, by the legendary philosopher?a?kar?c?rya |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-338) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Daśnāmīs -- History
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Daśnāmīs -- Customs and practices
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Sannyasi.
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RELIGION -- Hinduism -- General.
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Daśnāmīs
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Sannyasi
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Hindoeïsme.
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Sekten.
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Ascese.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006045404 |
| ISBN |
9789047410027 |
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9047410025 |
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9004152113 |
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9789004152113 |
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1281399647 |
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9781281399649 |
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9786611399641 |
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661139964X |
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