Ascetics and Brahmins

Ascetics and Brahmins
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Download or read book Ascetics and Brahmins written by Patrick Olivelle and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the second volume of my collected papers. The first was published under the title, Language, texts, and society: explorations in ancient Indian culture and religion, in the same series as this volume. That volume included papers dealing with Indian culture and religion in general and with ancient Sanskrit texts. The present volume brings together papers dealing specifically with Indian asceticism"--Preface


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