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Auteur(s) : Sears, Tamara I.
Titre(s) : Worldly gurus and spiritual kings [Texte imprimé] : architecture and asceticism in medieval India / Tamara I. Sears
Publication : New Haven : Yale University Press, 2014
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIII-284 p.) : ill. ; 29 cm
Comprend : In search of Drunken Peacocks : mapping monastic histories from forest to state ;
Inscribing asceticism : epigraphic practices and the materiality of text ; From hermit's
hut to guru's mansion : ascetic practice and monastic life at Kadwaha and Ranod ;
Expanding arenas of devotion : temple icons and living sages at Terahi and Surwaya
; Constructing the guru : religious networks in the kingdom of the Kalachuris ; Epilogue
and aftermath : the legacy of the Drunken Peacocks.
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
This pioneering book is the first full-length study of the matha, or Hindu monastery,
which developed in India at the turn of the first millennium. Rendered monumentally
in stone, the matha represented more than just an architectural innovation: it signaled
the institutionalization of asceticism into a formalized monastic practice, as well
as the emergence of the guru as an influential public figure. With entirely new primary
research, Tamara I. Sears examines the architectural and archaeological histories
of six little-known monasteries in Central India and reveals the relationships between
political power, religion, and the production of sacred space. This important work
of scholarship features scrupulous original measured drawings, providing a vast amount
of new material and a much-needed contribution to the fields of Asian art, religious
studies, and cultural history. In introducing new categories of architecture, this
book illuminates the potential of buildings to reconfigure not only social and ritual
relationships but also the fundamental ontology of the world
Sujet(s) : Architecture hindoue -- Inde
Architecture médiévale -- Inde
Architecture et société -- Inde
Ordres monastiques et religieux hindous -- Inde
Indice(s) Dewey :
720.954 (23e éd.) = Architecture - Asie du Sud Inde
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300198447 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0300198442 (cloth) (alk. paper)
EAN 9780300198447
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43861868k
Notice n° :
FRBNF43861868
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