UID:
almahu_9948206712502882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780190225346 (ebook) :
Content:
Indian cultural discourses and narratives about ascetics are examined to understand the powers exhibited by ascetics, which are byproducts of their path, and the ways that these powers are interconnected to issues of violence and forms of play (eroticism, the demonic, the comic, and the miraculous). The argument includes evidence from Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The book culminates in the final chapter with an attempt to re-imagine the nature of power.
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780190225315
Language:
English
URL:
Oxford scholarship online
