Chastity In Ancient Indian Texts

Author : Oly Roy
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000634990

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Chastity in Ancient Indian Texts by Oly Roy Pdf

This book looks at the representation and practice of chastity in selective ancient Indian texts. It studies how and when the concept originated and in what ways it was intertwined with the social, cultural, and economic notions of Indian society. Drawing on seminal Indian texts such as the MahāPurāṇas, Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata, Sattasaī and the Jātakas, the volume delves into the social and reproductive rights of women through an examination of the norms of chastity, virginity, and Pātivratya, which were construed according to a patriarchal hierarchy of the society and implemented as a means of strengthening patriarchal authority. It also examines the interinfluence of various religious traditions that emerged on the very concept of chastity and the ideologies they later gave rise to. A comprehensive study of sexuality and gender in early India, the book will be indispensable to students, teachers, and researchers of gender studies, literature, women’s studies, women’s rights, feminism, South Asian studies, and social history of Ancient India.

Author : Johann Jakob Meyer
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : History
ISBN : 8120806387

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Sexual Life in Ancient India by Johann Jakob Meyer Pdf

Author : Sisir Kumar Das
Publisher : Sahitya Akademi
Page : 936 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : India
ISBN : 8172017987

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A History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy by Sisir Kumar Das Pdf

Presents the Indian literatures, not in isolation in one another, but as related components in a larger complex, conspicuous by the existence of age-old multilingualism and a variety of literary traditions. --

Author : T. R. S. Sharma,C. K. Seshdri,June Gaur
Publisher : Sahitya Akademi
Page : 942 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : India literature
ISBN : 812600794X

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Ancient Indian Literature: Classical Sanskrit, Prakrit, and apabhramsa by T. R. S. Sharma,C. K. Seshdri,June Gaur Pdf

Author : Johann Jakob Meyer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136889134

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Sexual Life In Ancient India V2 by Johann Jakob Meyer Pdf

First Published in 2005. This is book attempts to give a true and vivid account of the life of woman in ancient India, based upon the immense masses of material imbedded in the two great Epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana.

Author : Preetha Mani
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780810145016

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The Idea of Indian Literature by Preetha Mani Pdf

Indian literature is not a corpus of texts or literary concepts from India, argues Preetha Mani, but a provocation that seeks to resolve the relationship between language and literature, written in as well as against English. Examining canonical Hindi and Tamil short stories from the crucial decades surrounding decolonization, Mani contends that Indian literature must be understood as indeterminate, propositional, and reflective of changing dynamics between local, regional, national, and global readerships. In The Idea of Indian Literature, she explores the paradox that a single canon can be written in multiple languages, each with their own evolving relationships to one another and to English. Hindi, representing national aspirations, and Tamil, epitomizing the secessionist propensities of the region, are conventionally viewed as poles of the multilingual continuum within Indian literature. Mani shows, however, that during the twentieth century, these literatures were coconstitutive of one another and of the idea of Indian literature itself. The writers discussed here—from short-story forefathers Premchand and Pudumaippittan to women trailblazers Mannu Bhandari and R. Chudamani—imagined a pan-Indian literature based on literary, rather than linguistic, norms, even as their aims were profoundly shaped by discussions of belonging unique to regional identity. Tracing representations of gender and the uses of genre in the shifting thematic and aesthetic practices of short vernacular prose writing, the book offers a view of the Indian literary landscape as itself a field for comparative literature.

Author : L. P. N. Perera
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Sex
ISBN : UVA:X004109160

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Sexuality in Ancient India by L. P. N. Perera Pdf

Author : Ulrich Marzolph
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780814347751

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101 Middle Eastern Tales and Their Impact on Western Oral Tradition by Ulrich Marzolph Pdf

Against the methodological backdrop of historical and comparative folk narrative research, 101 Middle Eastern Tales and Their Impact on Western Oral Tradition surveys the history, dissemination, and characteristics of over one hundred narratives transmitted to Western tradition from or by the Middle Eastern Muslim literatures (i.e., authored written works in Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Turkish). For a tale to be included, Ulrich Marzolph considered two criteria: that the tale originates from or at least was transmitted by a Middle Eastern source, and that it was recorded from a Western narrator’s oral performance in the course of the nineteenth or twentieth century. The rationale behind these restrictive definitions is predicated on Marzolph’s main concern with the long-lasting effect that some of the "Oriental" narratives exercised in Western popular tradition—those tales that have withstood the test of time. Marzolph focuses on the originally "Oriental" tales that became part and parcel of modern Western oral tradition. Since antiquity, the "Orient" constitutes the quintessential Other vis-à-vis the European cultures. While delineation against this Other served to define and reassure the Self, the "Orient" also constituted a constant source of fascination, attraction, and inspiration. Through oral retellings, numerous tales from Muslim tradition became an integral part of European oral and written tradition in the form of learned treatises, medieval sermons, late medieval fabliaux, early modern chapbooks, contemporary magazines, and more. In present times, when national narcissisms often acquire the status of strongholds delineating the Us against the Other, it is imperative to distinguish, document, visualize, and discuss the extent to which the West is not only indebted to the Muslim world but also shares common features with Muslim narrative tradition. 101 Middle Eastern Tales and Their Impact on Western Oral Tradition is an important contribution to this debate and a vital work for scholars, students, and readers of folklore and fairy tales.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11453006

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Catalogue of Books Printed in the Bombay Presidency by Anonim Pdf

Author : Wendy Doniger,Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1982-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226618500

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Women, Androgynes, and Other Mythical Beasts by Wendy Doniger,Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty Pdf

"An important, provocative and original work, of great interest to Indian scholars, historians of religions, psychologists and historians of ideas, but accessible also to the cultivated reader. Even if one does not always agree with the author's interpretation, one cannot but admire her vast and precise learning, her splendid translations and exegesis of so many, and so different, Sanskrit texts, and her uninhibited, brilliant, and witty prose."—Mircea Eliade, University of Chicago "This is . . . a book which is as rich in detail as the carvings of the great Hindu temples. It shares with them a delight in the interplay of myth and mundane experience, and above all an empathy with the Hindu preoccupation with the meaning of human existence in all its complexity."—G. M. Carstairs, Times Literary Supplement

Author : Upinder Singh
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 8131716775

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A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India by Upinder Singh Pdf

A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India is the most comprehensive textbook yet for undergraduate and postgraduate students. It introduces students to original sources such as ancient texts, artefacts, inscriptions and coins, illustrating how historians construct history on their basis. Its clear and balanced explanation of concepts and historical debates enables students to independently evaluate evidence, arguments and theories. This remarkable textbook allows the reader to visualize and understand the rich and varied remains of India s ancient past, transforming the process of discovering that past into an exciting experience.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Indic literature
ISBN : NWU:35556035786284

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Indian Literature by Anonim Pdf

Author : Douglas A. Vakoch
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783030963866

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Transgender India by Douglas A. Vakoch Pdf

Transgender India: Understanding Third Gender Identities and Experiences provides the first scholarly study of hijras, transmen, and other third gender Indians from the perspective of a range of disciplines in the behavioral and social sciences, as well as the humanities. This book fosters a dialogue across academic fields, as authors cross-reference each other’s chapters, comparing and contrasting their views of transgender experience and identity in India. This multidisciplinary approach helps readers understand the complex interplay of factors that have led to discrimination against third gender individuals, as well as paths forward to a more equitable and just future, in ways that go beyond the perspective of a single academic field. This multidisciplinary approach is the book’s most distinctive feature in comparison to existing works limited to individual fields such as anthropology, investigative journalism, and history. The broad scope of Transgender India is relevant to scholars and students in diverse disciplines who seek a greater and more nuanced understanding of the behavioral and societal impact of these issues.

Author : Upinder Singh
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674975279

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Political Violence in Ancient India by Upinder Singh Pdf

Foundation -- Transition -- Maturity -- War -- The wilderness.

Author : Rukhsana Iftikhar
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9789386073730

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Indian Feminism by Rukhsana Iftikhar Pdf

This book deals with miseries and problems of Indian women with respect to their social class structure. India is known for its caste system and its economic and political history is based upon these classes. Feminist history is also interwoven with the social classes. Women were treated as private property in medieval India. In this book, women of elite classes in the middle ages such as Razyia and Noor Jahan are discussed. Razyia was scandalized with Yaqut solely due to her gender. Noor Jahan belonged to the vast harem of Emperor Jahangir. She had to survive in a harem, as well as strengthen her political position in the court of the great Mughals. The issues of the spinster princess like Jahanara and Zeb-un-nisa are also highlighted. The purdah had also set a standard for social morals for women in the middle ages. The political and cultural activities of Mughal women were the channels of their catharsis. They were able to accomplish things because they had money and the resources. The women of the middle and lower classes bore the burden of the class, family and society. This book also describes other aspects of that age such as clothing and jewelry.