The sannyasi and the Indian wrestler
The Anatomy of a Relationship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2466554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J S Alter (0000-0002-0642-9284, Goshen College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 317-336 |
| Publication date | 1992-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Ethnologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/ae.1992.19.2.02a00070 |
| OpenAlex | W2095177169 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 33 |
Indian wrestling (pahalwani) is a disciplined way of life that demands rigorous physical and moral training. In this regard it is analogous to the Hindu life path of world renunciation (sannyas). Here I show how Indian wrestlers use the model of sannyas to help define their way of life. Wrestlers recognize the centrality of the physico-moral body as a defining idiom of identity. Their interpretation of body discipline thus sheds light on general theoretical issues relating to identity formation and concepts of the person in Hindu South Asia. [India, wrestling, sannyas, asceticism, identity, body discipline
Aesthetics · Asceticism · Epistemology · Hinduism · Identity (music · Interpretation (philosophy · Renunciation · Sociology · Theology · Anthropology · Doping in Sports · Gender Studies · Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education · Philosophy · Sports, Gender, and Society
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Medusa's Hair
The Wrestler's BodyIdentity and Ideology in North India
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Structure and Change In Indian Society
Fluid Signs
Storytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels
A Sociological Approach to the Caste Puranas
The Role of the Gosains in the Economy of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Upper India
The Artisans of Banaras
Buddhism in Ceylon and Studies on Religious Syncretism in Buddhist Countries
The jungle and the aroma of meats
Three bodies of practice in a traditional south Indian martial art
The Self-Image of Effeteness
Warrior Ascetics in Indian History
Open Space and Free Time
Hanumān
Taming the Ascetic
Renunciation in the Religious Traditions of South Asia
The Modern Ascetics of Lanka and the Pattern of Change in Buddhism
Colour and Heat in South Indian Ritual
The Power of Detachment
Gastro-politics in Hindu South Asia
Part 4
| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2023 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |