Hagiographer and the Avatar - The Life and Works of Narayan Kasturi

Examines the key role of a hagiographer within a charismatic religious movement.

About the author

Antonio Rigopoulos is Professor of Sanskrit Language and Literature at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy. His previous books include The Hagiographer and the Avatar: The Life and Works of Narayan Kasturi and Dattātreya: The Immortal Guru, Yogin, and Avatāra, both published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Authors: Antonio Rigopoulos, Rigopoulos Antonio
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9781438482286
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-8228-6
• No. of pages: 526
• Series: Suny Religious Studies; SUNY series in Religious Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Cults, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, RELIGION / Hinduism / History, History of Religion, Biography: religious & spiritual, Hinduism, Biography: religious and spiritual, Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults & sects