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Female Ascetics in Hinduism

Female Ascetics in Hinduism

Denton, Lynn Teskey

Paperback

Series: Suny Hindu Studies

General Eastern ReligionsHinduism

ISBN10: 0791461807
ISBN13: 9780791461808
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Aug 6 2004
Pages: 228
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.26 Width: 6.02 Depth: 9.02
Language: English

Provides both a first-hand look at and an insightful analysis of a little-known world-that of female ascetics in India.

Female Ascetics in Hinduism provides a vivid account of the lives of women renouncers-women who renounce the world to live ascetic spiritual lives-in India. The author approaches the study of female asceticism by focusing on features of two dharmas, two religiously defined ways of life: that of woman-as-householder and that of the ascetic, who, for various reasons, falls outside the realm of householdership. The result of fieldwork conducted in Varanasi (Benares), the book explores renouncers' social and personal backgrounds, their institutions, and their ways of life. Offering a first-hand look at and an insightful analysis of this little-known world, this highly readable book will be indispensable to those interested in female asceticism in the Hindu tradition and women's spiritual lives around the world.

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