Title Wandering with sadhus : ascetics in the Hindu Himalayas / Sondra L. Hausner

Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press ; [Chicago] : in association with the American Institute of Indian Studies, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 247 pages) : illustrations Series Contemporary Indian studies Contemporary Indian studies. Contents Wandering with renouncers -- The body and Sādhu society -- The social structures of Sādhu life -- Hardwar: the ground of space -- Allahabad: the community in time -- Kathmandu: the body in place -- The culture of Hindu renunciation Summary Intimate portraits of the life of Hindu Sadhus Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-235) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Sadhus -- India -- Social conditions Sadhus -- Nepal -- Social conditions Sadhus -- Social networks -- India Sadhus -- Social networks -- Nepal Asceticism -- Hinduism. 11.92 Hinduism. RELIGION -- Hinduism -- General. Asceticism -- Hinduism Sadhu Sadhus. Social networks. India Nepal Himalaja Nepal India. Nepal. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780253116857 0253116856

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