Acknowledgments

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Transliteration xi
5. Sannyasinis as Persons 1
6. Gendering Hindu Renunciation 23
7. Walking a Tightrope: Renunciation as Love 47
8. Real Saints Don’t Need Sleep: Renunciation as Service 79
9. (Ir?)reconcilable Tensions: Individual Existence as Spiritual Journey 117
10. The Genuine and The Fake: What’s Attitude Got to Do with It? 141
11. Sannyasinis as Women 175
12. Notes 203
13. Glossary 215
14. Works Cited 219
15. Index 235