The Daśanāmī-saṃnyāsīs : the integration of ascetic lineages into an order / / by Matthew Clark.

• Superior document: Brill's Indological library ; v. 25
• Author: Clark, Matthew
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Indological library ; v. 25.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)
• Notes: Revision of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of London, 2004.

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Transliteration
• Introduction
• 0.1 Introduction to the Daśanāmī-Saṃnyāsīs
• 0.2 Locating 'the saṃnyāsī'
• 0.3 Sources for this book
• Chapter one. BRANCHES OF THE DAŚANĀMĪ ORDER
• 1.1 The Daśanāmī sect, as currently constituted, in relation to other renunciate sects
• 1.2 Caste
• 1.3 Subdivisions within the Daśanāmī order: Daṇḍī
• 1.4 Paramahaṃsa
• 1.5 'Paramahaṃsa' and 'Daśanāmī' as categories
• 1.6 Nāgā
• Chapter two. AKHĀṚĀ-S AND DAŚANĀMĪ FUNCTIONARIES
• 2.1 The akhāṛā-s
• 2.2 Maṛhī-s and dāvā-s
• 2.3 Functionaries within the Śrī Pañc Daśanāmī akhāṛā organisation
• 2.4 Mahāmaṇḍaleśvaras
• 2.5 Śaṅkarācāryas
• Chapter three. RENUNCIATION, RULES FOR ASCETICS, AND INITIATION
• 3.1. Renunciation procedures
• 3.2 Current initiation procedures: pañc-guru-saṃskār
• 3.3 Current procedures: virajā-havan/-homa (vidyā-saṃskār) and nāgā initiations
• 3.4 Rules for renunciates
• Chapter four. THE INTEGRATION OF VARIOUS LINEAGES: THE MAṬHĀMNĀϒA-S
• 4.1 Śaṅkara's authorship of texts, and his date
• 4.2 Organisational structure of the Daśanāmīs, according to the Maṭhāmnāyastotra, Śrī Maṭhāmnāyasetu and other texts
• 4.3 Gotra, sampradāya, Brahmacārī name, Veda and mahāvākya
• 4.4 The pīṭha-s and guru-paramparā-s
• 4.4.1 Kāñcīpuram
• 4.4.2 Śṛṅgerī and other southern maṭha-s
• 4.4.3 Disputes concerning the western pīṭha
• 4.4.4 The eastern pīṭha
• 4.4.5 The northern pīṭha
• 4.4.6 The Sumeru pīṭha
• Chapter five. ŚAṄKARA'S HAGIOGRAPHIES AND HIS RELIGIOUS ORIENTATION
• 5.1 The hagiographies of Śaṅkara
• 5.2 Śaṅkara's life in the hagiographies
• 5.3 Śaṅkara's religious orientation
• 5.4 Pīṭha-s, maṭha-s, and the installation of disciples in the hagiographies
• 5.5 The first references to the 'ten names'.
• Chapter six. THE RISE AND INFLUENCE OF ADVAITA MAṬHA-S
• 6.1 The Pāśupatas
• 6.2 Maṭha-s and competing religious traditions in south India, 600-1500 CE
• 6.3 Religious initiation and orientation of the Vijayanagara rulers
• 6.4 The Saṅgamas' patronage of the Śṛṅgerī maṭha and its pontiffs
• 6.5 Śaṅkara and the founding of the Śṛṅgerī maṭha
• Chapter seven. NĀGĀ-S, SŪFĪS AND PARALLEL RELIGIOUS IDENTITIES
• 7.1 The formation of militant ascetic orders
• 7.2 The development of Sūfī institutions in India
• 7.3 Religious identity in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
• 7.4 Mercenary and military activities of nāgā-s and gosain-s
• 7.5 Saṃnyāsī-s, fakīr-s and rebellion in east India
• 7.6 Gosain traders and bankers
• 7.7 Saṃnyāsī-s and the modern political world
• 7.8 Concluding remarks
• Appendix 1
• Numbers and percentages of orthodox, reformist and radical sādhu-s
• Appendix 2
• Śrī Maṭhāmnāyasetu, Mahānuśāsanam, Śeṣāmnāya
• Śrī Maṭhāmnāyasetu
• Śāradā Maṭhāmnāyaḥ
• Govardhana Maṭhāmnāyaḥ
• Jyotir Maṭhāmnāyaḥ
• Śṛṅgerī Maṭhāmnāyaḥ
• Mahānuśāsanam
• Śeṣāmnāya
• Translation
• Śrī Maṭhāmnāyasetu [The division of the revered traditions]
• Śāradā Maṭhāmnāya
• Govardhana Maṭhāmnāya
• Jyotir Maṭhāmnāya
• Śṛṅgerī Maṭhāmnāya
• Mahānuśāsanam [The great instruction]
• Śeṣāmnāya [The remaining doctrine]
• Appendix 3
• The history and mythology of the Kumbh Melā
• Appendix 4
• Subdivisions within the Daśanāmī akhāṛā-s: maṛhī-s and dāvā-s
• Bibliography
• Index
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