Ascetics and Brahmins: Studies in Ideologies and Institutions by Patrick Olivelle

Ascetics and Brahmins: Studies in Ideologies and Institutions

Cultural, Historical and Textual Studies of Religions

Patrick Olivelle

328 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction religion informative medium-paced

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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...

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