Sears, Tamara I.

Worldly gurus and spiritual kings: Architecture and asceticism in medieval India - New Haven, Yale University Press: 2014. - xiii, 284 P. note., ind. 29 cm x 22 cm

Recommended By: Shailendra Raj Mehta
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Chapter 1: In search of Drunken Peacocks: mapping monastic histories from forest to state

Chapter 2: Inscribing asceticism: epigraphic practices and the materiality of text

Chapter 3: From hermit's hut to guru's mansion: ascetic practice and monastic life at Kadwaha and Ranod

Chapter 4: Expanding arenas of devotion: temple icons and living sages at Terahi and Surwaya

Chapter 5: Constructing the guru: religious networks in the kingdom of the Kalachuris

Epilogue: The legacy of the Drunken Peacocks.

978-0300198447

--15.75 history of Asia--20.49 Hindu art--21.60 architecture: general--Architecture and society--Architecture, Medieval--Hindu architecture--Hinduismus--India

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