Jewels of authority : women and textual tradition in Hindu India / edited by Laurie L. Patton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Patton, Laurie L., 1961- editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--India--Social conditions.

Women.

Hindu women--India--History.

Hindu women.

Women--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Hinduism--Social aspects.

Hinduism.

Women's rights--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Women's rights.

Dowry--India--History.

Dowry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contributors. Abbreviations. Introduction, Laurie L. Patton. Part II. Ancient Arguments. 1. The Housemistress at the Door: Vedic and Buddhist Perspectives on the Mendicant Encounter, Ellison Banks Findly. 2. Ritual Rights: The Gender Implications of Adhikara, Mary McGee. 3. Mantras and Miscarriage: Controlling Birth in the Late Vedic Period, Laurie L. Patton. Part II. Classical Arguments. 4. Giver or Given? Some Marriages in Kalidasa, Stephanie W. Jamison. 5. Om, the Vedas, and the Status of Women with Special Reference to Srivaisnavism, Katherine K. Young. 6. Casting Light on the Sounds of th

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: ANCIENT ARGUMENTS; 1 The Housemistress at the Door: Vedic and Buddhist Perspectives on the Mendicant Encounter; 2 Ritual Rights: The Gender Implications of Adhikara; 3 Mantras and Miscarriage: Controlling Birth in the Late Vedic Period; PART II: CLASSICAL ARGUMENTS; 4 Giver or Given? Some Marriages in Kalidasa; 5 Om, the Vedas, and the Status of Women with Special Reference to Śrīvaisnavism; 6 Casting Light on the Sounds of the Tamil Veda: Tirukkoneri Dāsyai's ""Garland of Words""; PART III: REFORM AND CONTEMPORARY ARGUMENTS

7 By What Authority? Hindu Women and the Legitimization of Reform in the Nineteenth Century8 Hindu Nationalist Women: On the Use of the Feminine Symbolic to (Temporarily) Displace Male Authority; 9 Counterpoint Authority in Women's Ritual Expressions: A View from the Village; Afterword; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-220) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773974-1

1-280-83425-0

0-19-535064-2

OCLC:

609832089