02430nam 2200601Ia 450 99624830580331620180612235754.00-19-973679-0(CKB)2560000000300560(EBL)472305(OCoLC)502284278(SSID)ssj0000338567(PQKBManifestationID)11234110(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338567(PQKBWorkID)10298949(PQKB)10464804(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075835(MiAaPQ)EBC472305(EXLCZ)99256000000030056020090203d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHeroic wives[electronic resource] rituals, stories, and the virtues of Jain wifehood /M. Whitney KeltingNew York ;Oxford Oxford University Press20091 online resource (265 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-538964-6 0-19-986643-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Although in Hinduism it is mainly used to refer to widow immolation, the term 'sati' means 'true woman' - a female hero. Whitney Kelting has learned that in Jainism satis appear as subjects of devotional hymns. This seems paradoxical, given that Jain spirituality is to disengage oneself from worldly existence and Jain devotionalism is usually directed toward those souls who have reached perfect detachment. In fact, however, there is a vast corpus of popular texts, many of them written by prominent scholar-monks between the 16th and 18th centuries, illustrating the distinctly worldly virtues ofWomen in JainismJaina womenConduct of lifeWivesIndiaConduct of lifeMarriageReligious aspectsJainismJainismRitualsElectronic books.Women in Jainism.Jaina womenConduct of life.WivesConduct of life.MarriageReligious aspectsJainism.JainismRituals.294.4086Kelting Mary Whitney1015560MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996248305803316Heroic wives2371959UNISA