Female Ascetics in Hinduism

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SUNY Press, 6 авг. 2004 г. - Всего страниц: 218
Female Ascetics in Hinduism provides a vivid account of the lives of women renouncers women who renounce the world to live ascetic spiritual lives in India. The author approaches the study of female asceticism by focusing on features of two dharmas, two religiously defined ways of life: that of woman-as-householder and that of the ascetic, who, for various reasons, falls outside the realm of householdership. The result of fieldwork conducted in Va?ran|a?si (Benares), the book explores renouncers social and personal backgrounds, their institutions, and their ways of life. Offering a first-hand look at and an insightful analysis of this little-known world, this highly readable book will be indispensable to those interested in female asceticism in the Hindu tradition and women s spiritual lives around the world.
 

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The Religious Life of Womanashouseholder 223
20
Basic Terminology
57
Sectarian Affiliation
77
Socioreligious Aspects of Female
103
Notes
167
Glossary of Hindi and Sanskrit Terms
189
Supplemental Bibliography
203
Index
209
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Lynn Teskey Denton (1949 1995) was Assistant Professor of Religion at Concordia University and also taught at McMaster University.

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