Roles and rituals for Hindu women

Julia Leslie

Roles and rituals for Hindu women /Julia Leslie - Rutherford : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press , ©1991. - xviii, 267 pages ; 24 cm

Indra's curse, Varuṇa's noose, and the suppression of the woman in the Vedic Śrauta ritual / Frederick M. Smith --
Marital expectations as dramatized in Hindu marriage rituals / Werner F. Menski --
Desired fruits : motive and intention in the votive rites of Hindu women / Mary McGee --
Mothering rituals in Tamilnadu : some magico-religious beliefs / Hélène Stork --
Śrī and Jyeṣṭhā : ambivalent role models for women / Julia Leslie --
The traditional repertoire of the Tiruttaṇi temple dancers / Saskia C. Kersenboom --
Dance and the Hindu woman : Bharatanāṭyam re-ritualized / Anne Marie Gaston --
Suttee or Satī : victim or victor? / Julia Leslie --
Women in the Śaiva/Śākta ethos / Sanjukta Gupta --
Varieties of Hindu Female asceticism / Lynn Teskey Denton.

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