Female Ascetics in Hinduism
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Female Ascetics in Hinduism

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Female Ascetics in Hinduism

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Female Ascetics in Hinduism provides a vivid account of the lives of women renouncers—women who renounce the world to live ascetic spiritual lives—in India. The author approaches the study of female asceticism by focusing on features of two dharmas, two religiously defined ways of life: that of woman-as-householder and that of the ascetic, who, for various reasons, falls outside the realm of householdership. The result of fieldwork conducted in Varanasi (Benares), the book explores renouncers' social and personal backgrounds, their institutions, and their ways of life. Offering a first-hand look at and an insightful analysis of this little-known world, this highly readable book will be indispensable to those interested in female asceticism in the Hindu tradition and women's spiritual lives around the world.

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Publisher
SUNY Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780791484623
Topic
Théologie et religion
Subtopic
Hindouisme

Table of contents

  1. Female Ascetics in Hinduism
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Introduction
  5. 1. The Religious Life of Woman-as-householder
  6. 2. The Woman Who Is Not a Householder: Widowhood, Unmarriageability, and Female Asceticism
  7. 3. Unity and Diversity I: Basic Terminology
  8. 4. Unity and Diversity II: Sectarian Affiliation, Spiritual Path, and Ascetic Mode
  9. 5. Socioreligious Aspects of Female Asceticism in Varanasi
  10. 6. Sainthood, Society, and Transcendence: Legends and Poetry of Women Saints
  11. Notes
  12. Glossary of Hindu and Sanskrit Terms
  13. Bibliography
  14. Supplemental Bibliography by Meena Khandelwal
  15. Index