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Book Title
Worldly Gurus and Spiritual Kings: Architecture and Asceticism in
ISBN
9780300198447
Subject Area
Religion, Architecture, History
Publication Name
Worldly Gurus and Spiritual Kings : Architecture and Asceticism in Medieval India
Publisher
Yale University Press
Item Length
11.2 in
Subject
Monasticism, Buildings / Religious, General, Asia / India & South Asia, History / Medieval, Regional
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.1 in
Author
Tamara I. Sears
Item Weight
54.9 Oz
Item Width
8.8 in
Number of Pages
300 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300198442
ISBN-13
9780300198447
eBay Product ID (ePID)
175744926

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
300 Pages
Publication Name
Worldly Gurus and Spiritual Kings : Architecture and Asceticism in Medieval India
Language
English
Subject
Monasticism, Buildings / Religious, General, Asia / India & South Asia, History / Medieval, Regional
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Author
Tamara I. Sears
Subject Area
Religion, Architecture, History
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
54.9 Oz
Item Length
11.2 in
Item Width
8.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2013-029233
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"A very important book. Tamara Sears offers a strong and sophisticated argument for alternate bases of religious authority grounded in exceptionally diligent primary fieldwork. Worldly Gurus and Spiritual Kings will unquestionably make its mark in the reshaping of the field of South Asian art."-Pika Ghosh, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "An excellent, original, and valuable work of scholarship at the cutting edge of its field. Worldly Gurus and Spiritual Kings will make an immense and worthy contribution to the study of Indian architecture in the pre-modern period. Sears is remarkably wide in her scholarship and approach, and the significance of this work reaches well beyond her immediate field to speak also to religious studies and cultural history."--Richard H. Davis, Bard College, Winner of the 2014 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) in the Architecture and Urban Planning category., "An excellent, original, and valuable work of scholarship at the cutting edge of its field. Worldly Gurus and Spiritual Kings will make an immense and worthy contribution to the study of Indian architecture in the pre-modern period. Sears is remarkably wide in her scholarship and approach, and the significance of this work reaches well beyond her immediate field to speak also to religious studies and cultural history."-Richard H. Davis, Bard College, "A very important book. Tamara Sears offers a strong and sophisticated argument for alternate bases of religious authority grounded in exceptionally diligent primary fieldwork. Worldly Gurus and Spiritual Kings will unquestionably make its mark in the reshaping of the field of South Asian art."--Pika Ghosh, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
720.954
Synopsis
The first major study of the Hindu monastery, a highly complex architectural form in the heart of the Indian subcontinent. 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., The first major study of the Hindu monastery, a highly complex architectural form in the heart of the Indian subcontinent.
LC Classification Number
NA6002.S43 2014
ebay_catalog_id
4
Copyright Date
2014

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