The Widow-Ascetic under Hindu Law
This article constitutes a fairly comprehensive, largely diachronic analysis of the restrictions placed upon the non-sexual behavior of widows by works of the classical Hindu legal tradition known as Dharmaśāstra. As such, it systematically examines an array of texts belonging to virtually all perio...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2014
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Indo-Iranian journal
Year: 2014, Volume: 57, Issue: 4, Pages: 353-383 |
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Law
Dharmaśāstra
widows
women
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