Women in Ochre Robes Gendering Hindu Renunciation

Name: Women in Ochre Robes Gendering Hindu Renunciation
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ISBN: 9780791459225

ISBN-10: 0791459225

ISBN-13: 9780791459225

Edition: 2003

Authors: Meena Khandelwal

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Meena Khandelwal offers an intimate portrait of Hindu women who have renounced family & worldly concerns for lives of celibate asceticism & spiritual discipline.

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 10/23/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 252
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Note on Transliteration


Introduction: Sannyasinis as Persons



Gendering Hindu Renunciation



Walking a Tightrope: Renunciation as Love



Real Saints Don't Need Sleep: Renunciation as Service



(Ir?)reconcilable Tensions: Individual Existence as Spiritual Journey



The Genuine and The Fake: What's Attitude Got to Do with It?



Sannyasinis as Women


Notes


Glossary


Works Cited


Index