Female Ascetics: Hierarchy and Purity in Indian Religious Movements (Religion & Society in South Asia)

by WendySinclair-Brull (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1997

  $136.17

  This text documents the social forces in India which facilitated the establishment of an order of ascetics, defying tradition. It describes the subtle methods by which the individual is transformed into a full member of the order, and how hierarchy and purity are integral to the process.