03697nam 2200685Ia 450 991045089230332120200520144314.01-280-83425-00-19-535064-2(CKB)1000000000406129(EBL)431186(OCoLC)609832089(SSID)ssj0000300793(PQKBManifestationID)11238552(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000300793(PQKBWorkID)10259990(PQKB)11331581(MiAaPQ)EBC431186(Au-PeEL)EBL431186(CaPaEBR)ebr10278397(CaONFJC)MIL83425(EXLCZ)99100000000040612919991015d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJewels of authority[electronic resource] women and textual tradition in Hindu India /edited by Laurie L. PattonOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20021 online resource (251 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-513478-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-220) and index.Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: ANCIENT ARGUMENTS; 1 The Housemistress at the Door: Vedic and Buddhist Perspectives on the Mendicant Encounter; 2 Ritual Rights: The Gender Implications of Adhikara; 3 Mantras and Miscarriage: Controlling Birth in the Late Vedic Period; PART II: CLASSICAL ARGUMENTS; 4 Giver or Given? Some Marriages in Kalidasa; 5 Om, the Vedas, and the Status of Women with Special Reference to Śrīvaisnavism; 6 Casting Light on the Sounds of the Tamil Veda: Tirukkoneri Dāsyai's ""Garland of Words""; PART III: REFORM AND CONTEMPORARY ARGUMENTS7 By What Authority? Hindu Women and the Legitimization of Reform in the Nineteenth Century8 Hindu Nationalist Women: On the Use of the Feminine Symbolic to (Temporarily) Displace Male Authority; 9 Counterpoint Authority in Women's Ritual Expressions: A View from the Village; Afterword; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; YContributors. Abbreviations. Introduction, Laurie L. Patton. Part II. Ancient Arguments. 1. The Housemistress at the Door: Vedic and Buddhist Perspectives on the Mendicant Encounter, Ellison Banks Findly. 2. Ritual Rights: The Gender Implications of Adhikara, Mary McGee. 3. Mantras and Miscarriage: Controlling Birth in the Late Vedic Period, Laurie L. Patton. Part II. Classical Arguments. 4. Giver or Given? Some Marriages in Kalidasa, Stephanie W. Jamison. 5. Om, the Vedas, and the Status of Women with Special Reference to Srivaisnavism, Katherine K. Young. 6. Casting Light on the Sounds of thWomenIndiaSocial conditionsHindu womenIndiaHistoryWomenReligious aspectsHinduismHinduismSocial aspectsWomen's rightsReligious aspectsHinduismDowryIndiaHistoryElectronic books.WomenSocial conditions.Hindu womenHistory.WomenReligious aspectsHinduism.HinduismSocial aspects.Women's rightsReligious aspectsHinduism.DowryHistory.294.50820954305.42/0954Patton Laurie L.1961-951733MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450892303321Jewels of authority2151535UNINA