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Local Advaita Vedānta Monastic Tradition in Kerala: Locating, mapping, networking

Publication date: 31.10.2019

The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, 2019, 9 (1/2019), pp. 27 - 51

https://doi.org/10.4467/24506249PJ.19.002.11134

Authors

Olga Nowicka
Institute of Oriental Studies, Jagiellonian University (Kraków, Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0634-2955 Orcid
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Local Advaita Vedānta Monastic Tradition in Kerala: Locating, mapping, networking

Abstract

The article concerns the hitherto unstudied regional variant of the Advaita Vedānta monasticism of the Nampūtiri tradition in Kerala. The main objective of the paper is to present the spatial distribution of the Advaita Vedānta maṭhas (skr. maṭha – “monastery”) in the state of Kerala (South India). Through the cartographic visualisation, I intend to prove that the monastic tradition in question has, in the past, created a network of intricate ritualistic, economic, social and political interrelations spreading across whole Kerala region. The spatial analysis will allow to evaluate the qualities of the maṭhas’ geographical distribution.

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Information: The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, 2019, 9 (1/2019), pp. 27 - 51

Article type: Original article

Titles:

English:

Local Advaita Vedānta Monastic Tradition in Kerala: Locating, mapping, networking

Polish:

Local Advaita Vedānta Monastic Tradition in Kerala: Locating, mapping, networking

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0634-2955

Olga Nowicka
Institute of Oriental Studies, Jagiellonian University (Kraków, Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0634-2955 Orcid
All publications →

Institute of Oriental Studies, Jagiellonian University (Kraków, Poland)

Published at: 31.10.2019

Article status: Open

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