Denton Female Ascetics in Hinduism

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8462-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 228 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series in Hindu Studies

Provides both a first-hand look at and an insightful analysis of a little-known world—that of female ascetics in India.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Denton, Lynn Teskey

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
by Steven Collins
Introduction
1. The Religious Life of Woman-as-householder
2. The Woman Who Is Not a Householder: Widowhood, Unmarriageability, and Female Asceticism
3. Unity and Diversity I: Basic Terminology
4. Unity and Diversity II: Sectarian Affiliation, Spiritual Path, and Ascetic Mode
5. Socioreligious Aspects of Female Asceticism in Varanasi
6. Sainthood, Society, and Transcendence: Legends and Poetry of Women Saints
Notes
Glossary of Hindi and Sanskrit Terms
Bibliography
Supplemental Bibliography
by Meena Khandelwal
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lynn Teskey Denton (1949–1995) was Assistant Professor of Religion at Concordia University and also taught at McMaster University.