The Origins of Virasaiva Sects: A Typological Analysis of Ritual and Associational Patterns in Sunyasampadane
- 1st ed.
- Delhi Motilal Banarsidass Publishers 1992
- 229
Origins of the Virasaiva sects is an exploration of Virasavism. Already, the activities of founder/reformer Basava are well known throughout India and world-wide. It explores a crucial text, the Sunyasampadane, from Virasaivism's third century development.