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Author Denton, Lynn Teskey, 1949-1995.

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

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2004]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  294.5447 D415F    Check Shelf
Description ix, 218 pages ; 23 cm.
Series SUNY series in Hindu studies
SUNY series in Hindu studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-207) and index.
Contents The religious life of woman-as-householder -- 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 -- Sainthood, society and transcendence: legends and the poetry of women saints.
Subject Hindu women -- Religious life -- India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Asceticism -- Hinduism.
Ascetics -- India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Hindu monastic and religious life -- India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Added Author Collins, Steven, 1951-2018
ISBN 0791461793 alkaline paper
9780791461792 alkaline paper
0791461807 paperback alkaline paper
9780791461808 paperback alkaline paper
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