03620nam 2200685Ia 450 991081149790332120200520144314.00-7914-8765-21-4175-0860-4(CKB)1000000000445365(OCoLC)61367652(CaPaEBR)ebrary10587106(SSID)ssj0000196202(PQKBManifestationID)11180652(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000196202(PQKBWorkID)10141925(PQKB)10540080(MiAaPQ)EBC3407908(OCoLC)55642408(MdBmJHUP)muse5941(Au-PeEL)EBL3407908(CaPaEBR)ebr10587106(OCoLC)923411703(DE-B1597)681757(DE-B1597)9780791487655(EXLCZ)99100000000044536520020815d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMaking virtuous daughters and wives an introduction to women's Brata rituals in Bengali folk religion /June McDanielNew York State University of New York Pressc20031 online resource (145 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-5565-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-127) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Spelling, Transliteration, and Pronunciation -- Introduction -- Folk Hinduism In West Bengal -- The Folk Goddess Tushu,Her Festival, Songs, And Brata -- What Is a Brata? -- Some Bengali Bratas to Goddesses -- Other Bratas:Women, Nature, Gods, and Magic -- Brahmanical Bratas: The Rituals for Men -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexExploring the folk religion of India and the role of girls and women within it, author June McDaniel focuses on the brata (vrata) ritual in which moral lessons are taught and goddesses are revealed. Bratas are performed to gain such goals as a healthy family, a good husband, and a happy life. They are also performed so that the performers (bratinis) develop such virtues as devotion, humility, and compassion.This book presents data from fieldwork, along with brata stories, songs, poems, and ritual activities. It discusses Bengali folk religion, offers an example of ritual worship in folk Hinduism, and surveys a variety of bratas. The author analyzes the similarities and differences among these rituals in low-caste village life and in high-caste Hindu tradition, and notes that the development of these rituals involves a form of continuing divine revelation with women as the primary transmitters. Bratas act to maintain traditional Hindu values, but also emphasize the power of women, whose virtues can save their husbands from hell worlds and their families from disasters.VratasHinduismRitualsBengali (South Asian people)FolkloreFolkloreIndiaWest BengalHindu womenReligious lifeIndiaWest BengalWest Bengal (India)Religious life and customsVratas.HinduismRituals.Bengali (South Asian people)FolkloreHindu womenReligious life294.5/38McDaniel June859255MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811497903321Making virtuous daughters and wives4051796UNINA