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Woman as fire, woman as sage : sexual ideology in the Mahabharata / Arti Dhand.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dhand, Arti, 1966-
- Series:
- SUNY series in religious studies.
- SUNY series in religious studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in Hinduism.
- Sex--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
- Sex.
- Mahābhārata--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Mahābhārata.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explores ideas on women and sexuality presented in the great Hindu epic, the Mahabharata.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Woman as Fire,Woman as Sage
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Religion in the Mahabharata
- 2. Nivrtti Dharma: The Search for the Highest
- 3. Wedding and Bedding in Pravratti Dharma
- 4. The Unruly Desire of Women
- 5. Disciplining Desire
- 6. Apaddharma
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- G
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- Y.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-252) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780791479889
- 0791479889
- 9781435632899
- 1435632893
- OCLC:
- 213329527
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