The Asrama System
| Author: | Patrick Olivelle |
| Subtitle: | The History and Hermeneutics of a Religious Institution |
| No of Pages: | 286 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Year of Publication: | 1993 |
| File Size: | 19 MB |
| Permission: | Sourced from A Handful of Leaves Library (www.ahandfulofleaves.org/library). |
| Blurb: | A'srama is the system of 4 distinct ways of leading a religious life: as a celibate student, a married householder, a forest hermit, and a world renouncer. The author argues that this system is a theological construct. It should be carefully distinguished from the socio-religious institutions. |
| Notes: | Index. Bibliography. Glossary |
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