{"product_id":"ascetics-piety-and-power-saiva-siddhanta-monastic-art-in-the-woodlands-of-central-india","title":"ASCETICS, PIETY AND POWER: Saiva Siddhanta Monastic Art in the Woodlands of Central India","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e xii + 218\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hard Bound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9788173056055\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1st\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e ARYAN BOOKS INTERNATIONAL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 22 cm × 28 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book attempts to recapture the material milieu, spiritual anchorage and power and authority of SaivaSiddhanta ascetics in the Vindhyan woodlands of central India during the early medieval times. In doing so, it also highlights contradictions that coupled renunciation with acquisitive monasticism, piety with power, and militancy with asceticism. The details tend to betray territorial ambition of the renouncers who carved out a vast network of prosperous mathas— the spectacular structures generally ignored in our studies so far— as their strongholds amidst the raw and hazardous woodlands (atavis) lived by indomitable autochthons (atavikas). The book highlights the renouncer-woodlander coalition institutionalized under the monasteries, temples and sculpture. Sculptures among these, in particular, portray queer female deities, fierce goblins, banshees and ascetics too, all integrated with conventional divinities, which composed the Saiddhantika monastic art and architecture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aryan Books International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49526492692784,"sku":"AryanBooksInternationalDrg_9788173056055","price":1920.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/aryan-books-international-book-default-title-ascetics-piety-and-power-saiva-siddhanta-monastic-art-in-the-woodlands-of-central-india-40145253499184.jpg?v=1775959313","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/ascetics-piety-and-power-saiva-siddhanta-monastic-art-in-the-woodlands-of-central-india","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}