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Index
Routledge Hindu Studies Series
Contents
Series editor foreword
Acknowledgements
Disclaimer
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
Notes
2 Gendered divinity
SECTION 1: GODDESSES IN THE HINDU TRADITION*
Sarasvatī
Aditi
Vāc
Minor benevolent goddesses
Spiteful goddesses
Rātrī
The classical age: goddesses of the Purānas and epics
Sarasvatī
Pārvatī
Durgā
Kālī
Tantra and goddess worship
Mahādevī
and Mahāvidyās
The Mahāvidyās
Sītā and Rādhā: from human to divine
Sītā
Rādhā
Village goddesses
SECTION 2: SELECTED TEXTUAL PASSAGES WITH TRANSLATION*
Selected hymns and poems offered to Vedic goddesses
Aditi (with )
Vāc
Sarasvatī
Rātrī
Post-Vedic goddesses
A Purānic tale about Sarasvatī in Matsya Questioning Brahmā’s action:
Most commonly worshipped goddesses from the and the classical period
Sarasvatī
Durgā
Daśamahāvidyās
Kālī
Sītā
Rādhā
Notes
3 Shaping women’s lives
SECTION 1: THE ROLE OF ANCIENT HINDU TEXTS*
SECTION 2: SELECTED TEXTUAL PASSAGES WITH TRANSLATIONS*
(1) On the birth of a daughter
(a) Unsympathetic views
Atharυaυeda
Taittirīya
Aitareya
The Mahābhārata17
The
(b) Celebrating the birth of a son
Baudhāyana Dharmasūtra
The Mahābhārata
(c) Sympathetic views
The
(d) Affection for a daughter
The Mahābhārata
The
Abhijñānaśakuntalam
(2) On the essential nature of women
Śatapatha
The Mahābhārata
The
Pañcatantra
Saundarānanda
Strīdharmapaddhati
(3) On the independence of women
Gautama Dharmasūtra
Baudhāyana Dharmasūtra
Dharmasūtra
The Mahābhārata
(4) On women’s education
Brhaddeυatā
(5) On inheritance
(a) Women’s rights to property
Āpastamba Dharmasūtra
(b) Same rights for a couple to property
Gautama Dharmasūtra
Baudhāyana Dharmasūtra
Arthaśāstra
(6) On ‘appointed’ daughter
Gautama Dharmasūtra
Arthaśāstra
(7) On strīdhana (women’s wealth)
Arthaśāstra
Cārudattam
(8) On the purity of women
Baudhāyana Dharmasūtra
Strīdharmapaddhati
Jñānārnaυatantra
(9) On remarriage
Baudhāyana Dharmasūtra
Dharmasūtra
Arthaśāstra
(10) Reverence for women
The Mahābhārata
(11) Respect for the mother
The Mahābhārata
(12) On women performing yajña and their knowledge of dharma
Gobhila
The
The Mahābhārata
(13) On pātiυrātya or devotion to the husband
Strīdharmapaddhati
(14) Women’s primary function
Arthaśāstra
(15) On sexual morality
(16) A woman’s importance
The
(17) On the importance of one’s wife
The Mahābhārata
(18) Custom and scriptural injunction
Gautama Dharmasūtra
Notes
4 Women poets of Hinduism
SECTION 1: IN LOVE WITH GOD: THE MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE
SECTION 2: SPEAKING OF THE WORLD: THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE
Notes
5 Sanctuary
Notes
6 Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Textual sources
Secondary sources
Articles
Index
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