Vaiṣṇavī : women and the worship of Krishna / edited by Steven J. Rosen.

Date:
1996
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Description

Contributed articles on the lives and teachings of Hindu women saints.

Publication/Creation

Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1996.

Physical description

301 pages ; 23 cm

Edition

1st ed.

Contents

Mīrābāī : inscribed in text, embodied in life / Nancy Martin -- "Where's my beloved?" : Mīrābāī's Prem Bhakti Mārg / Andrew Schelling -- Women saints in Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism / Jan Brzezinski -- The debate about women in the Hare Krishna movement / Kim Knott -- Rāgānugā Bhakti : bringing out the inner woman in Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Sādhana / Steven J. Rosen -- Bahiṇābāī : the ordinary life of an exceptional woman, or, the exceptional life of an ordinary woman / Mary McGee -- Āṇṭāḷ's desire / Dennis Hudson -- The "other Āṇṭāḷ : portrait of a 12th century Srīvaiṣṇava woman / Nancy Ann Nayar -- Theology does help women's liberation : Srīvaiṣṇavism, a Hindu case study / Katherine K. Young.

Bibliographic information

Includes index and bibliography: p. 288-294.

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    ZFK.23
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ISBN

  • 8120814371
  • 812081438X