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Women's Renunciation in South Asia: Nuns, Yoginis, Saints, and Singers

Women's Renunciation in South Asia: Nuns, Yoginis, Saints, and Singers

Hardcover

Series: Religion/Culture/Critique

Comparative ReligionReligion General General Eastern Religions

ISBN10: 1403972214
ISBN13: 9781403972217
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Oct 24 2006
Pages: 296
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.82 Width: 5.76 Depth: 8.38
Language: English
This volume brings together compelling new research on South Asian women who have renounced worldly life for spiritual pursuits. Documenting contemporary women's experiences with intimate ethnographic narratives, this book offers feminist insights into Jain, Buddhist, Hindu and Baul ascetic traditions.

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