Worldly gurus and spiritual kings : architecture and asceticism in medieval India

Worldly gurus and spiritual kings : architecture and asceticism in medieval India / Tamara I. Sears.

This pioneering book is the first full-length study of the matha, or Hindu monastery, which developed in India at the turn of the first millennium. Rendered monumentally in stone, the matha represented more than just an architectural innovation: it signaled the institutionalization of asceticism int...

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Main Author: Sears, Tamara I.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Hindu architecture > India.
Hindu monasteries > India.
Architecture, Medieval > India.
Architecture and society > India.
Table of Contents:
  • 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 Kadwaha and Ranod
  • Expanding arenas of devotion : temple icons and living sages at Terahi and Surwaya
  • Constructing the guru : religious networks in the kingdom of the Kalachuris
  • Epilogue and aftermath : the legacy of the Drunken Peacocks.

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