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Author Bidyāsāgara, Īśvaracandra, 1820-1891.

Title Hindu widow marriage / Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar ; a complete translation, with an introduction and critical notes, by Brian A. Hatcher.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 242 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Preface; A Word About the Translation; Hindu Categories for First-Time Readers; Chronology: Events Pertaining to the Widow Marriage Movement in Bengal; Introduction; A Short Life of Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar; Widow Marriage in Bengal; Hindu Widow Marriage as Modern-Day Commentary; The Real Significance of Hindu Widow Marriage; Hindu Widow Marriage: The Complete English Translation; Book One; Book Two; Glossary; Bibliography; Index of Sanskrit Passages; Index of Names and Terms.
Summary Before the passage of the Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act of 1856, Hindu tradition required a woman to live as a virtual outcast after her husband's death. Widows were expected to shave their heads, discard their jewelry, live in seclusion, and undergo regular acts of penance. Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar was the first Indian intellectual to successfully argue against these cruelties. A Sanskrit scholar and passionate social reformer, Vidyasagar was a leading proponent of widow marriage in colonial India, urging contemporaries to reject a ban that caused countless women to suffer needlessly.<BR.
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Subject Remarriage (Hindu law)
Remarriage (Hindu law)
Widows (Hindu law)
Widows (Hindu law)
Remarriage -- India.
Remarriage.
India.
Widows -- India.
Widows.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Hatcher, Brian A. (Brian Allison)
Bidyāsāgara, Īśvaracandra, 1820-1891. Bidhabābibāha pracalita haoẏā ucita ki nā.
Added Title Vidhavavivaha prachalita haoya uchita ki na etad-vishayaka prastav. English
Other Form: Print version: 9780231156332 0231156332 (DLC) 2011012672
ISBN 0231526601 (electronic book)
9780231526609 (electronic book)
9780231156332 (cloth : alkaline paper)
0231156332 (cloth : alkaline paper)