Worldly Gurus and Spiritual Kings : : Architecture and Asceticism in Medieval India
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Introduction : encountering the monastery -- In search of "Drunken Peacocks" : mapping monastic histories from forest to state -- Inscribing asceticism : epigraphic practices and the materiality of text -- From hermit's hut to guru's mansion : ascetic practice and monastic life at Kadwāhā and Ranod -- Expanding arenas of devotion : temple icons and living sages at Terāhī and Surwāyā -- Constructing the guru : monastic networks in the kingdom of the Kalachuris -- Epilogue : the legacy of the Drunken Peacocks.
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Ladies Library Collection.
PUBLISHED
New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, 2014.
Year Published: 2014
Description: xiii, 284 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780300198447 (cloth : alk. paper)
0300198442 (cloth : alk. paper)
SUBJECTS
Hindu architecture -- India.
Hindu monasteries -- India.
Architecture, Medieval -- India.
Architecture and society -- India.