The Daśanāmī-Saṃnyāsīs : The Integration of Ascetic Lineages into an Order.
- 1st ed.
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- Brill's Indological Library ; v.25 .
- Brill's Indological Library .
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Transliteration -- Introduction -- 0.1 Introduction to the Daśanāmī-Saṃnyāsīs -- 0.2 Locating 'the saṃnyāsī' -- 0.3 Sources for this book -- Chapter one. BRANCHES OF THE DAŚANĀMĪ ORDER -- 1.1 The Daśanāmī sect, as currently constituted, in relation to other renunciate sects -- 1.2 Caste -- 1.3 Subdivisions within the Daśanāmī order: Daṇḍī -- 1.4 Paramahaṃsa -- 1.5 'Paramahaṃsa' and 'Daśanāmī' as categories -- 1.6 Nāgā -- Chapter two. AKHĀṚĀ-S AND DAŚANĀMĪ FUNCTIONARIES -- 2.1 The akhāṛā-s -- 2.2 Maṛhī-s and dāvā-s -- 2.3 Functionaries within the Śrī Pañc Daśanāmī akhāṛā organisation -- 2.4 Mahāmaṇḍaleśvaras -- 2.5 Śaṅkarācāryas -- Chapter three. RENUNCIATION, RULES FOR ASCETICS, AND INITIATION -- 3.1. Renunciation procedures -- 3.2 Current initiation procedures: pañc-guru-saṃskār -- 3.3 Current procedures: virajā-havan/-homa (vidyā-saṃskār) and nāgā initiations -- 3.4 Rules for renunciates -- Chapter four. THE INTEGRATION OF VARIOUS LINEAGES: THE MAṬHĀMNĀϒA-S -- 4.1 Śaṅkara's authorship of texts, and his date -- 4.2 Organisational structure of the Daśanāmīs, according to the Maṭhāmnāyastotra, Śrī Maṭhāmnāyasetu and other texts -- 4.3 Gotra, sampradāya, Brahmacārī name, Veda and mahāvākya -- 4.4 The pīṭha-s and guru-paramparā-s -- 4.4.1 Kāñcīpuram -- 4.4.2 Śṛṅgerī and other southern maṭha-s -- 4.4.3 Disputes concerning the western pīṭha -- 4.4.4 The eastern pīṭha -- 4.4.5 The northern pīṭha -- 4.4.6 The Sumeru pīṭha -- Chapter five. ŚAṄKARA'S HAGIOGRAPHIES AND HIS RELIGIOUS ORIENTATION -- 5.1 The hagiographies of Śaṅkara -- 5.2 Śaṅkara's life in the hagiographies -- 5.3 Śaṅkara's religious orientation -- 5.4 Pīṭha-s, maṭha-s, and the installation of disciples in the hagiographies -- 5.5 The first references to the 'ten names'. Chapter six. THE RISE AND INFLUENCE OF ADVAITA MAṬHA-S -- 6.1 The Pāśupatas -- 6.2 Maṭha-s and competing religious traditions in south India, 600-1500 CE -- 6.3 Religious initiation and orientation of the Vijayanagara rulers -- 6.4 The Saṅgamas' patronage of the Śṛṅgerī maṭha and its pontiffs -- 6.5 Śaṅkara and the founding of the Śṛṅgerī maṭha -- Chapter seven. NĀGĀ-S, SŪFĪS AND PARALLEL RELIGIOUS IDENTITIES -- 7.1 The formation of militant ascetic orders -- 7.2 The development of Sūfī institutions in India -- 7.3 Religious identity in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- 7.4 Mercenary and military activities of nāgā-s and gosain-s -- 7.5 Saṃnyāsī-s, fakīr-s and rebellion in east India -- 7.6 Gosain traders and bankers -- 7.7 Saṃnyāsī-s and the modern political world -- 7.8 Concluding remarks -- Appendix 1 -- Numbers and percentages of orthodox, reformist and radical sādhu-s -- Appendix 2 -- Śrī Maṭhāmnāyasetu, Mahānuśāsanam, Śeṣāmnāya -- Śrī Maṭhāmnāyasetu -- Śāradā Maṭhāmnāyaḥ -- Govardhana Maṭhāmnāyaḥ -- Jyotir Maṭhāmnāyaḥ -- Śṛṅgerī Maṭhāmnāyaḥ -- Mahānuśāsanam -- Śeṣāmnāya -- Translation -- Śrī Maṭhāmnāyasetu [The division of the revered traditions] -- Śāradā Maṭhāmnāya -- Govardhana Maṭhāmnāya -- Jyotir Maṭhāmnāya -- Śṛṅgerī Maṭhāmnāya -- Mahānuśāsanam [The great instruction] -- Śeṣāmnāya [The remaining doctrine] -- Appendix 3 -- The history and mythology of the Kumbh Melā -- Appendix 4 -- Subdivisions within the Daśanāmī akhāṛā-s: maṛhī-s and dāvā-s -- Bibliography -- Index -- BRILL'S INDOLOGICAL LIBRARY.
This book provides an account of the organisation, practices and history of the Daśanāmī-Saṃnyāsīs, one of the largest sects of sādhu-s ('holy men') in South Asia, founded, according to tradtion, by the legendary philosopher Śaṅkarācārya.
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Daśnāmīs-History. Daśnāmīs-Customs and practices. Sannyasi.