Abbreviations Preface 1. Introduction to Renunciation in the Hindu Traditions 2. The Ascetic and the Domestic in Brahmanical Religiosity 3. Village vs. Wilderness: Ascetic Ideals and the Hindu World 4. A Definition of World Renunciation 5. From Feast to Fast: Food and the Indian Ascetic 6. The Beast and the Ascetic: The Wild in the Indian Religious Imagination 7. Deconstruction of the Body in Indian Asceticism 8. Contributions to the Semantic History of ‘samnyasa’ 9. The Semantic History of ‘asrama’ 10. Renunciation in the ‘Samnyasa Upanisads’ 11. Odes of Renunciation 12. Ritual Suicide and the Rite of Renunciation 13. The Renouncer’s Staff: ‘trivistabdha’, ‘tridanda’, and ‘ekadanda’ 14. ‘Pancamasramavidhi’: Rite for Becoming a Naked Ascetic 15. Anandatirtha’s ‘Samnyasapaddhati’: A Handbook for Madhvaite Ascetics 16. Renouncer and Renunciation in the ‘Dharmasastras’ 17. King and Ascetic: State Control of Asceticism in the ‘Arthasastra’ Bibliography Index
Abbreviations Preface 1. Introduction to Renunciation in the Hindu Traditions 2. The Ascetic and the Domestic in Brahmanical Religiosity 3. Village vs. Wilderness: Ascetic Ideals and the Hindu World 4. A Definition of World Renunciation 5. From Feast to Fast: Food and the Indian Ascetic 6. The Beast and the Ascetic: The Wild in the Indian Religious Imagination 7. Deconstruction of the Body in Indian Asceticism 8. Contributions to the Semantic History of ‘samnyasa’ 9. The Semantic History of ‘asrama’ 10. Renunciation in the ‘Samnyasa Upanisads’ 11. Odes of Renunciation 12. Ritual Suicide and the Rite of Renunciation 13. The Renouncer’s Staff: ‘trivistabdha’, ‘tridanda’, and ‘ekadanda’ 14. ‘Pancamasramavidhi’: Rite for Becoming a Naked Ascetic 15. Anandatirtha’s ‘Samnyasapaddhati’: A Handbook for Madhvaite Ascetics 16. Renouncer and Renunciation in the ‘Dharmasastras’ 17. King and Ascetic: State Control of Asceticism in the ‘Arthasastra’ Bibliography Index
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