03914nam 22007814 450 991095938240332120251116203110.00-19-773974-11-280-83425-00-19-535064-210.1093/oso/9780195134780.001.0001(CKB)1000000000406129(EBL)431186(OCoLC)609832089(SSID)ssj0000300793(PQKBManifestationID)11238552(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000300793(PQKBWorkID)10259990(PQKB)11331581(Au-PeEL)EBL431186(CaPaEBR)ebr10278397(CaONFJC)MIL83425(MiAaPQ)EBC431186(OCoLC)1406787840(StDuBDS)9780197739747(EXLCZ)99100000000040612919991015e20232002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJewels of authority women and textual tradition in Hindu India /edited by Laurie L. Patton1st ed.New York :Oxford University Press,2023.1 online resource (251 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2002.0-19-513478-8 Includes bibliographical references (pages 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 thOxford scholarship online.WomenIndiaSocial conditionsHindu womenIndiaHistoryWomenReligious aspectsHinduismHinduismSocial aspectsWomen's rightsReligious aspectsHinduismDowryIndiaHistoryWomenSocial conditions.Hindu womenHistory.WomenReligious aspectsHinduism.HinduismSocial aspects.Women's rightsReligious aspectsHinduism.DowryHistory.294.50820954305.42/0954Patton Laurie L.1961-DLCDLCDLCStDuBDSZStDuBDSZBOOK9910959382403321Jewels of authority4524502UNINA