The Hindu Monastery in South India
Social, Religious, and Artistic Traditions
Abstract
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.
- 155–162 Chapter 6 Conclusion 155–162
- 163–166 Appendix 163–166
- 167–170 Glossary 167–170
- 171–202 Bibliography 171–202
- 203–216 Index 203–216
- 217–218 About the Author 217–218