Indian asceticism : power, violence, and play /
Indian cultural discourses and narratives about ascetics are examined to understand the powers exhibited by ascetics, which are byproducts of their path, and the ways that these powers are interconnected to issues of violence and forms of play (eroticism, the demonic, the comic, and the miraculous)....
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Indian cultural discourses and narratives about ascetics are examined to understand the powers exhibited by ascetics, which are byproducts of their path, and the ways that these powers are interconnected to issues of violence and forms of play (eroticism, the demonic, the comic, and the miraculous). The argument includes evidence from Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The book culminates in the final chapter with an attempt to re-imagine the nature of power. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190225346 0190225343 9780190225339 0190225335 9781322570600 1322570604 |