A Prehistory of Hinduism / / Manu V. Devadevan.
This book is a pioneering attempt to understand the prehistory of Hinduism in South Asia. Exploring religious processes in the Deccan region between the eleventh and the nineteenth century with class relations as its point of focus, it throws new light on the making of religious communities, monasti...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Warsaw ;, Berlin : : De Gruyter Open Poland, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- A Guide to Pronunciation of Diacritical Marks
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Indumauḷi's Grief and the Making of Religious Identities
- 3 Forests of Learning and the Invention of Religious Traditions
- 4 Heredity, Genealogies, and the Advent of the New Monastery
- 5 Miracles, Ethicality, and the Great Divergence
- 6 Sainthood in Transition and the Crisis of Alienation
- 7 Epilogue
- Bibliography
- List of Tables
- Index