Wandering with sadhus : ascetics in the Hindu Himalayas /

In this moving ethnographic portrait of Hindu renouncers sadhus or ascetics in northern India and Nepal, Sondra L. Hausner considers a paradox that shapes their lives: while ostensibly defined by their solitary spiritual practice, the stripping away of social commitments, and their break with family...

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Main Author:	Hausner, Sondra L
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington : [Chicago] : Indiana University Press ; In association with the American Institute of Indian Studies, [2007], ©2007 Bloomington : [Chicago] : c2007 Bloomington : [Chicago] : ©2007 Bloomington, IN : [Chicago] : c2007 Bloomington : [Chicago] : [2007]
Series:	Contemporary Indian studies Contemporary Indian studies
Subjects:	Asceticism > Hinduism Sadhus > Social networks > India Sadhus > Social networks > Nepal Sadhus > India > Social conditions Sadhus > Nepal > Social conditions Sadhus Social conditions Social networks India Nepal

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