Title Female ascetics in Hinduism / Lynn Teskey Denton ; [edited by Steven Collins].

Publication Info.	Albany : State University of New York Press, [2004]
	©2004

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Description	1 online resource (ix, 218 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	SUNY series inn Hindu studies
	SUNY series in Hindu studies.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-207) and index.
Contents	Religious life of woman-as-householder -- Woman who is not a householder: widowhood, unmarriageability, and female asceticism -- Unity and diversity I: basic terminology -- Unity and diversity II: sectarian affiliation, spiritual path and ascetic mode -- Socioreligious aspects of female asceticism in Varanasi -- Sainthood, society and transcendence: legends and the poetry of women saints.
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Subject	Hindu women -- Religious life -- India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
	Hindu women -- Religious life.
	India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
	Asceticism -- Hinduism.
	Asceticism -- Hinduism.
	Ascetics -- India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
	Ascetics.
	Hindu monastic and religious life -- India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
	Hindu monastic and religious life.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Collins, Steven, 1951-2018.
Other Form:	Print version: Denton, Lynn Teskey, 1949-1995. Female ascetics in Hinduism. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2004 0791461793 0791461807 (DLC) 2004045335 (OCoLC)54686112
ISBN	1423739566 (electronic book)
	9781423739562 (electronic book)
	9780791461792 (alkaline paper)
	0791461793 (alkaline paper)
	9780791461808 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
	0791461807 (paperback ; alkaline paper)

Title Female ascetics in Hinduism / Lynn Teskey Denton ; [edited by Steven Collins].

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