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Author Bidyāsāgara, Īśvaracandra, 1820-1891, author.

Title Against high-caste Polygamy : a colonial-era appeal to abolish Kulinism in Bengal, an annotated translation / Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar, translated by Brian A. Hatcher
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 175 pages) : illustrations
Series American academy of religion, religion in translation
AAR religion in translation.
Contents Preface -- Note on the text and translation -- Introduction: Against High-Caste Polygamy: the English translation -- Notice Against High-Caste Polygamy -- Conclusion -- Appendices: Supplement One -- Supplement Two -- Conclusion to the Second Supplement -- Supporting evidence -- Glossary: English to Sanskrit/Bengali -- Glossary: Sanskrit/Bengali to English -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "Against High-Caste Polygamy offers a complete, annotated translation of Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar's first book arguing against the practice of high-caste Kulin marriage in Bengal. The translation is based on the text of the first edition of Bahuvivaha rahita haoya uchita ki na etadvishayaka vichara, published from the Sanskrit Press in 1871 (Samvat 1928); henceforth simply Bahuvivaha. I have relied on the version of the text as found in the second volume of Gopal Haldar's Vidyasagar-rachanasamgraha, as well as on a digitized version of the 1871 first edition available online"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Includes quotations in Sanskrit and Bengali, romanized ; English translations from the Sanskrit and the Bengali ; contains some Romanized Sanskrit and Bengali words and phrases
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 13, 2023)
Subject Non-monogamous relationships -- India
Non-monogamous relationships -- India -- West Bengal
Kulins -- Marriage customs and rites -- India -- West Bengal
Widows -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- India
Widows -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- India -- West Bengal
Polygamy -- Law and legislation -- India
Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Polygamy -- Law and legislation
Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
Widows -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Society & culture: general.
Family and Relationships.
Polygamy
Polygamous people
India
India -- West Bengal
Form Electronic book
Author Hatcher, Brian A. (Brian Allison), translator.
LC no. 2023006083
ISBN 9780197675922
9780197675915
0197675913
0197675921
9780197675939
019767593X
Other Titles Bahubibāha rahita haoẏā ucita ki na. English