| The Wrestler’s Body |
| Note on Translation |
| Preface |
 | 1. Search and Research |
| • | Overview |
| • | Purpose: Why Wrestling? |
| • | The Fieldwork |
| • | Methods and Routine |
| • | Research Techniques |
| • | Popular Literature |
| • | Historical Texts and the Problem of History |
| • | The Wrestler’s Body: Identity, Ideology, and Meaning |
| • | Body Discipline: The Mechanics of Reform |
 | 2. The Akhara: Where Earth Is Turned Into Gold |
| 3. Gurus and Chelas: The Alchemy of Discipleship |
| 4. The Patron and the Wrestler |
| 5. The Discipline of the Wrestler’s Body |
| 6. Nag Panchami: Snakes, Sex, and Semen |
| 7. Wrestling Tournaments and the Body’s Recreation |
| 8. Hanuman: Shakti, Bhakti, and Brahmacharya |
| 9. The Sannyasi and the Wrestler |
| 10. Utopian Somatics and Nationalist Discourse |
| 11. The Individual Re-Formed |
| Plates |
| The Nature of Wrestling Nationalism |
| Glossary |
| Bibliography |