A Prehistory of HinduismThis book is a pioneering attempt to understand the prehistory of Hinduism in South Asia. Exploring religious processes in the Deccan region between the eleventh and the nineteenth century with class relations as its point of focus, it throws new light on the making of religious communities, monastic institutions, legends, lineages, and the ethics that governed them. In the light of this prehistory, a compelling framework is suggested for a revision of existing perspectives on the making of Hinduism in the nineteenth and the twentieth century. |
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access to land agrarian Allama Prabhu Ananda Tirtha Balligåve Bandénavāz Basadi Basavakalyāna became Bijjala Bijjala II body Brahman brähmana Brahmasutras called Cannabasava Cannavira caste centres of pilgrimage chief Deccan Deccan region deity Devadevan devotees Dilli disciple dispossession district between 1000 dvaita early eleventh Epigraphia Carnatica established Fakira Fakirappa fifteenth grant guru hagiographies Harapanahalli Harihara Harihara II Hindu Hinduism historical holeya Ibid identified India inscription instances Jaina Jangamas Kalaburagi Kalyāna Kanakadāsa Kannada Kannada University Khān king knowledge known Kodëkallu Basava Krsna labour legends Mahābhārata Mantèsvāmi matha merchant miracles monasteries name lost Nandiyāgamalile Náyaka Nāyakas Nilamma nineteenth century peasantry poet political pontiff practices Ragale Rāmānuja Rāmāyana relationship religion religious identities renunciation rulers saint sainthood Śaranas seventeenth siddha Siddharāma Sirahatti Siva sixteenth century southern Karnataka Sripádarāya story subcontinent Sumadhvavijaya tâlûk Tamilnadu Tarikere teacher temple Gabbüru Temples built tomb traditions transformation twelfth century Udupi vacanas Vijayanagara Vijayapura village Viraśaiva Wädirāja worship