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Author:

Denton, Lynn Teskey, 1949-1995.

Title:

Female ascetics in Hinduism / Lynn Teskey Denton ; [edited by Steven Collins].

Publisher:

State University of New York Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

ix, 218 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Hindu women--Religious life--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Asceticism--Hinduism
Ascetics--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Monastic and religious life (Hinduism)--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)

Other Authors:

Collins, Steven, 1951-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-207) and index.

Contents:

Sainthod, society and transcendence: legends and the poetry of women saints. The woman who is not a householder: widowhood, unmarriageability, and female asceticism -- Unity and diversity I: basic terminology -- Unity and diversity II: sectarian affiliation, spiritual path and ascetic mode -- Socioreligious aspects of female asceticism in Varanasi -- Sainthod, society and transcendence: legends and the poetry of women saints.

Series:

SUNY series in Hindu studies

ISBN:

9780791461808 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0791461807 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780791461792 (alk. paper)
0791461793 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)54686112

LCCN:

2004045335

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)