Female ascetics in Hinduism - Denton, Lynn Teskey (State University of New York Press, 2004)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-207) and index
The religious life of woman-as-householder -- - The woman who is not a householder: widowhood, unmarriageability, and female asceticism -- - Unity and diversity I: basic terminology -- - Unity and diversity II: sectarian affiliation, spiritual path and ascetic mode -- - Socioreligious aspects of female asceticism in Varanasi -- - Sainthood, society and transcendence: legends and the poetry of women saints