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Patrick Olivelle - Ascetics and Brahmins: Studies in Ideologies and Institutions (Cultural, Historical and Textual Studies of Religions) - 9780857284327 - V9780857284327
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Ascetics and Brahmins: Studies in Ideologies and Institutions (Cultural, Historical and Textual Studies of Religions)

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Description for Ascetics and Brahmins: Studies in Ideologies and Institutions (Cultural, Historical and Textual Studies of Religions) Hardcover. Series: Cultural, Historical and Textual Studies of South Asian Religions. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2+ figures. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662. Studies in Ideologies and Institutions. Series: Cultural, Historical and Textual Studies of Religions. 330 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRG. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 26. Weight: 662.

This volume brings together papers on Indian ascetical institutions and ideologies published by Patrick Olivelle over a span of about thirty years. Asceticism represents a major strand in the religious and cultural history of India, providing some of the most creative elements within Indian religions and philosophies. Most of the major religions, such as Buddhism and Jainism, and religious philosophies both within these new religions and in the Brahmanical tradition, were created by world-renouncing ascetics. Yet ascetical institutions and ideologies developed in a creative tension with other religious institutions that stressed the centrality of family, procreation and society. It is ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Anthem Press
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
Series
Cultural, Historical and Textual Studies of South Asian Religions
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857284327
SKU
V9780857284327
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Ref
99-15

About Patrick Olivelle
Patrick Olivelle is Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Religions at the University of Texas at Austin, where he served as Chair of the Department of Asian Studies from 1994 to 2007. He previously taught in the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington from 1974 to 1991, where he was the Department Chair from 1984 to 1990.

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