| The Wrestler’s Body |
| Note on Translation |
| Preface |
 | 1. Search and Research |
| 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 |
| • | The Celebration |
| • | Nag Panchami at the Akhara |
| • | Rain and Water |
| • | Snakes |
| • | Milk |
| • | Ghi |
| • | Almonds |
| • | Earth |
| • | Trees |
| • | Exercise |
| • | Conclusion |
| 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 |