LEADER 03694nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910784706103321 005 20230207224350.0 010 $a0-19-773974-1 010 $a1-280-83425-0 010 $a0-19-535064-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000406129 035 $a(EBL)431186 035 $a(OCoLC)609832089 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000300793 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11238552 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000300793 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10259990 035 $a(PQKB)11331581 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL431186 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10278397 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL83425 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC431186 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000406129 100 $a19991015d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aJewels of authority$b[electronic resource] $ewomen and textual tradition in Hindu India /$fedited by Laurie L. Patton 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (251 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-513478-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 207-220) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 S?ri?vaisnavism; 6 Casting Light on the Sounds of the Tamil Veda: Tirukkoneri Da?syai's ""Garland of Words""; PART III: REFORM AND CONTEMPORARY ARGUMENTS 327 $a7 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; Y 330 $aContributors. 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 th 606 $aWomen$zIndia$xSocial conditions 606 $aHindu women$zIndia$xHistory 606 $aWomen$xReligious aspects$xHinduism 606 $aHinduism$xSocial aspects 606 $aWomen's rights$xReligious aspects$xHinduism 606 $aDowry$zIndia$xHistory 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aHindu women$xHistory. 615 0$aWomen$xReligious aspects$xHinduism. 615 0$aHinduism$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aWomen's rights$xReligious aspects$xHinduism. 615 0$aDowry$xHistory. 676 $a294.50820954 676 $a305.42/0954 701 $aPatton$b Laurie L.$f1961-$01467816 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784706103321 996 $aJewels of authority$93728349 997 $aUNINA