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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| Language: | English |
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Bloomington : [Chicago] :
Indiana University Press ; In association with the American Institute of Indian Studies,
[2007], ©2007
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| Series: | Contemporary Indian studies
Contemporary Indian studies |
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