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



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Autore: Bose Mandakranta <1938-, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Women in the Hindu tradition : rules, roles, and exceptions / / Mandakranta Bose Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
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
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Serie: RoutledgeCurzon Hindu studies series.