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Roles and Rituals for Hindu Women

By: Language: English Publication details: Delhi Motilal Banarsidass 2015Description: xviii,267 pISBN:
  • 9788120810365 (HB)
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Indra's curse, Varuṇa's noose, and the suppression of the woman in the Vedic Śrauta ritual / Frederick M. Smith Marital expectations as dramatized in Hindu marriage rituals / Werner F. Menski Desired fruits : motive and intention in the votive rites of Hindu women / Mary McGee Mothering rituals in Tamilnadu : some magico-religious beliefs / Hélène Stork Śrī and Jyeṣṭhā : ambivalent role models for women / Julia Leslie The traditional repertoire of the Tiruttaṇi temple dancers / Saskia C. Kersenboom Dance and the Hindu woman : Bharatanāṭyam re-ritualized / Anne Marie Gaston Suttee or Satī : victim or victor? / Julia Leslie Women in the Śaiva/Śākta ethos / Sanjukta Gupta Varieties of Hindu Female asceticism / Lynn Teskey Denton
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Indra's curse, Varuṇa's noose, and the suppression of the woman in the Vedic Śrauta ritual / Frederick M. Smith
Marital expectations as dramatized in Hindu marriage rituals / Werner F. Menski
Desired fruits : motive and intention in the votive rites of Hindu women / Mary McGee
Mothering rituals in Tamilnadu : some magico-religious beliefs / Hélène Stork
Śrī and Jyeṣṭhā : ambivalent role models for women / Julia Leslie
The traditional repertoire of the Tiruttaṇi temple dancers / Saskia C. Kersenboom
Dance and the Hindu woman : Bharatanāṭyam re-ritualized / Anne Marie Gaston
Suttee or Satī : victim or victor? / Julia Leslie
Women in the Śaiva/Śākta ethos / Sanjukta Gupta
Varieties of Hindu Female asceticism / Lynn Teskey Denton

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