Monastic Wanderers : Nath Yogi Ascetics in Modern South Asia (Hardcover)

Introduction, PART I: N?TH YOG?S’ IDENTITY Nine N?ths and Eightyfours Siddhas, Gorakhn?th, Gorakhn?th’s Textual Corpus, Ha?ha Yoga, Legends and Powers, Deities, Gorakhn?th as God, The Goddess, Bhairav, 2. Belonging to the Samprad?ya, Initiations, Last Rites, Sect Organization, The Panths, The Mah?sabh?, 3. Wandering Ascetics PART II: COLLECTIVE MONASTERIES The Kadri Ma?h: History, Mangalore- the Town and its Temples, A Reading of the Legend of Para?ur?m: Manjun?th’s Appearance, The Kadal? Manjun?tha M?h?tmya?, Manjun?th Temple and its History, The Tenth Century statues: Buddhist or Shaivite?, Loke?vara: A Transitional God, Kadri or Kadal? Van: The Plantain Forest- the Goddess Mangal?dev? and the N?th Anchorage, Historical Hypothesis, The Kadri Monastery in Modern Times, The Monastic Structure, 5. Kadri R?j?’s Enthronement, Si?hastha Kumbh Mel?: Tryambakeshvar, The Selection of the R?j?, The Cult of the P?tradevat?: The Making of a Community, The Ascetic Pilgrimage, The enthronement of the Kadri R?j?, The Arrival of the Jhu???, The Vittal Monastery, The Consecration or Pa??abhi?ek, Adhik?r- Entitlement: Enthronement and Coronation, Parting with the P?tradevat?, Comparison with other Consecration Rituals, Comparison with other N?th Monasteries, Other Monastic Investitures, Installation Ceremonies of the Kings?Another Model: The Consecration of a Spiritual Master, Back in Kadri: An Original Synthesis, 6. Caughera Ma?h (Dang Valley, Nepal): Legends of Foundation, Yog?s and Kings, Caughera Monastery: The Place, The Legends of Ratann?th, Ratan’s Initiation: Local Roots, N?th Legitimation: Ratann?th as Kan?p?, Ratann?th, Ratan B?b?, Hajji Ratan, Ratann?th’s Travels as Narrated in Caughera, Ratan and Gog? P?r: A Sam?dhi in Gogamedhi, Hajji Ratan of Bhatinda, Ratan al-Hind?: Muslim Polemical Accounts, Back to Caughera: Hindu and Muslims, 7. The Yog?s in the Kingdom: Ritual Services and Wordly Possessions, Caughera Rituals, The Nitya P?j?: Daily Ritual, P?rsth?pan?, Caughera Monastic Properties, Caughera Status vis-a-vis its Dependants, The Monastery and the State: Control and Conflicts PART III: PERSONAL MONASTERIES　 8. Fatehpur Ashram, Hagiography: Amritn?th and the Monastic ?Foundation, Amritn?th’s Youth, His Life as an Ascetic, Analysis: A Hagiography in a Familiar Space, 9. Institutionalization of the Fatehpur Ashram’s N?th Belonging, Amritn?th’s Affiliation, Amritn?th’s Succession, Transmission and Growth of the Mann?th? Panth, The Throne and the Tomb, Dh?n? and Guph? (the Fire-place and the Cave), 10. Lay Followers, Patronage and Sev?: Fatehpur and Gorakhpu, Fatehpur, the Marwari Network, Devotees’ Duties, Devotees’ Expectations and Guru’s Powers, Festivals, Gorakhpur, a Political Monastery, 11. Asthal Bohar: A New Synthesis, Foundation Legends, Caura?g?n?th, Mastn?th, Mastn?th and the ?? Panth, Mastn?th and the two Brothers who became his Disciples, The Fire of the Ascetics: The Cho?? Dh?n?, The Ba?? Gadd?　: The Big Throne, Mahants and Kings, The New Mahants: Social Service and Politics, The Annual Festivals PART IV: YOG?S BY CASTE 12.The Grihastha or Householder Yogis, Celibacy and the N?th Samprad?ya, Ambiguous Categories, Grihastha Yog?s and N?th Samprad?ya, Dang Caughera, Mangalore, Pushkar, Gwalior: ?holibuva Tradition, Gorkha, Rajasthan, Dasn?m? P?j?, Upde??, Grihasthas and Tantrisme, Observations 13. Conclusion