Female ascetics in Hinduism:
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Main Author: Denton, Lynn Teskey (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany State University of New York Press ©2004
Series:SUNY series in Hindu studies
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Online Access:FAW01
FAW02
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Item Description: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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 218 pages)
ISBN:0791461793
0791461807
1423739566
9780791461792
9780791461808
9781423739562

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