| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
The Oxford history of Hinduism |
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Oxford history of Hinduism.
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| Contents |
Cosmological, devotional, and social perspectives on the Hindu goddess / Tracy Pintchman -- From magic to deity, matter to persona : the exaltation of Maya / Bihani Sarkar -- Lalim, the graceful and enchanting goddess of Kaficipuram / Sanjukta Gupta -- Śrī/Lakşmī: goddess of plenitude and ideal of womanhood / Mandakranta Bose -- The elusive sarasvatī : a goddess, a river, and the search for the universal in the particular / Elizabeth Mary Rohlman -- Rādhā : lover and beloved of Kṛṣṇia / Tracy Coleman -- Sītā : enduring example for women / Heidi R. Pauwels -- Here are the daughters : reclaiming the girl child (Kanyā, Bālā, Kumārī) in the empowering tales and rituals of Śākta Tantra / Madhu Khanna -- Becoming a Living Goddess / Brenda Beck -- Bathukamma : the folk-song tradition of the flower goddess of Telangana in South India / Prabhavati C. Reddy -- A goddess from Bengal : Devi Manasa, Goddess of serpents / Krishna Datta -- Domestication of the disorderly devī : The Caṇḍī Maṅgalakāvya of Bengal / Saswati Sengupta -- A "Muslim" poet in the lap of a "Hindu" mother : Kazi Nazrul Islam and the Goddess Kālī / Rachel Fell McDermott -- The divine mother comes to Michigan / Tracy Pintchman |
| Summary |
Through a pointed study of an important aspect or topic of dharma in Dharmasastra, this collection shows that the history of Hinduism cannot be written without the history of Hindu law. Part one provides a concise overview of the literary genres in which Dharmasastra was written with attention to chronology and historical developments. This study divides the tradition into its two major historical periods - the origins and formation of the classical texts and the later genres of commentary and digest - in order to provide a thorough, but manageable overview of the textual bases of the tradition. Part two presents descriptive and historical studies of all the major substantive topics of Dharmasastra. Each chapter offers readers with salest knowledge of the debates, transformations, and fluctcating importance of each topic |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version |
| Subject |
Hindu law.
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Dharma.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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Dharma
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Hindu law
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Olivelle, Patrick, editor
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Davis, Donald R. (Donald Richard), 1970- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780191007088 |
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0191007080 |
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9780191821226 |
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0191821225 |
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9780191772276 |
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0191772275 |
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