Women in the Hindu tradition : rules, roles, and exceptions / / Mandakranta Bose

• Autore: Bose Mandakranta <1938-, >
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Disciplina: 294.5082
• Soggetto topico: Women - Religious aspects - Hinduism; Women in Hinduism; Hindu goddesses; Hinduism - Doctrines
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series editor foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Gendered divinity; 3 Shaping women's lives; 4 Women poets of Hinduism; 5 Sanctuary; 6 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book accounts for the origin and evolution of the nature and roles of women within the Hindu belief system. It explains how the idea of the goddess has been derived from Hindu philosophical ideas and texts of codes of conduct and how particular models of conduct for mortal women have been created. Hindu religious culture correlates philosophical speculation and social imperatives to situate femininity on a continuum from divine to mortal existence. This creates in the Hindu consciousness multiple - often contradictory - images of women, both as wielders and subjects of authority. The
• Titolo autorizzato: Women in the Hindu tradition
• ISBN: 1-135-19258-8; 1-135-19259-6; 1-282-57618-6; 9786612576188; 0-203-86419-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459658803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: RoutledgeCurzon Hindu studies series.