Chastity in Ancient Indian Texts

Chastity in Ancient Indian Texts
Author: Oly Roy
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2022-08-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 100063499X

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.

Tales of Ancient India

Tales of Ancient India
Author: J.A.B. van Buitenen
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2015-07-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 022623018X

"This admirably produced and well-translated volume of stories from the Sanskrit takes the Western reader into one of the Golden Ages of India. . . . The world in which the tales are set is one which placed a premium upon slickness and guile as aids to success. . . . Merchants, aristocrats, Brahmins, thieves and courtesans mingle with vampires, demi-gods and the hierarchy of heaven in a series of lively or passionate adventures. The sources of the individual stories are clearly indicated; the whole treatment is scholarly without being arid."—The Times Literary Supplement "Fourteen tales from India, newly translated with a terse and vibrant effectiveness. These tales will appeal to any reader who enjoys action, suspense, characterization, and suspension of disbelief in the supernatural."—The Personalist

The Two Sources of Indian Asceticism

The Two Sources of Indian Asceticism
Author: Johannes Bronkhorst
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 134
Release: 1998
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9788120815513

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Sexual Life In Ancient India V2

Sexual Life In Ancient India V2
Author: Johann Jakob Meyer
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2013-10-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136889132

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.

Sexual Life in Ancient India

Sexual Life in Ancient India
Author: Johann Jakob Meyer
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House
Total Pages: 620
Release: 1971
Genre: History
ISBN: 9788120806382

The Indian Law Reports

The Indian Law Reports
Author: India. High Court (Kolkata, India)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1366
Release: 1913
Genre: Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN: