Wandering with sadhus : ascetics in the Hindu Himalayas / Sondra L. Hausner.

By:

Hausner, Sondra L

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Contemporary Indian studiesPublication details: New Delhi : Cambridge University Press India under the imprint of Foundation Books, 2012Description: xii, 247 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780253349835 (cloth : alk. paper)
0253349834 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253219497 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0253219493 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9788175968929

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DDC classification:

294.56570954 HAU 22

LOC classification:

BL1241.53 .H385 2007

Online resources:

Table of contents only

Summary: This book presents an ethnographic portrait of Hindu renouncers, sadhus or ascetics, in India and Nepal. It shows how they form a distinctive, alternative community with its own internal structure, but one that is not located in any single place. It examines the shared views of space, time, and the body that create the ground for everyday experience.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-235) and index.

This book presents an ethnographic portrait of Hindu renouncers, sadhus or ascetics, in India and Nepal. It shows how they form a distinctive, alternative community with its own internal structure, but one that is not located in any single place. It examines the shared views of space, time, and the body that create the ground for everyday experience.

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