Aspects of the female in Indian culture : proceedings of the symposium in Marburg, Germany, July 7-8, 2000 / edited by Ulrike Roesler and Jayandra Soni.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roesler, Ulrike.

Soni, Jayandra.

Series:

Indica et Tibetica 0723-3337 ; Bd. 44.

Arbeitsmaterialien zur Religionsgeschichte ; Bd. 17.

Indica et Tibetica, 0723-3337 ; Bd. 44

Arbeitsmaterialien zur Religionsgeschichte ; Bd. 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indic literature--India--History and criticism--Congresses.

Indic literature.

Women in literature--Congresses.

Women in literature.

Buddhist literature--India--History and criticism--Congresses.

Buddhist literature.

Jaina literature--India--History and criticism--Congresses.

Jaina literature.

India.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 182 pages : 1 color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Marburg : Indica et Tibetica, 2004.

Contents:

Two female Bodhisattvas in flesh and blood / Dragomir Dimitrov

Obstacles to enlightenment: male perspectives on women in the poetic literature of the Buddhists / Michael Hahn

On the courtesan in Buddhist literature with selected examples from Kṣemendras's Bodhisattvāvadānakalpalatā / Signe Kirde

She of whom one speaks in Jaina exemplary literature / Luitgard Soni

The alluring ladylove / Fabrizia Baldissera

The heroine in lyrical and rhetorical Indian literature / Daniela Rossella

Female characters and female audiences: remarks on female roles in the Indian dramaturgic tradition / Roland Steiner

Vadhūdharmacandrikā: 'moonlight of female duties' / Ute Hüsken

Towards a new Hindu woman / Ulrike Stark.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3923776446

OCLC:

61029697