| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 352 pages). |
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text file |
| 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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| Note |
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London, 2004. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-338) and 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. |
| 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 "" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Daśnāmīs -- History.
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Daśnāmīs. |
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History. |
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Daśnāmīs -- Customs and practices.
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Sannyasi.
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Sannyasi. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Clark, Matthew (Matthew James). Daśanāmī-saṃnyāsīs. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006 (DLC) 2006045404 (OCoLC)65407922 |
| ISBN |
9789047410027 (electronic book) |
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9047410025 (electronic book) |
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9004152113 |
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9789004152113 |
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9004152113 (alkaline paper) |
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9789004152113 (alkaline paper) |
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