Women and the Purāṇic tradition in India /
This book analyses the diverse ways in which women have been represented in the Puranic traditions in ancient India - the virtuous wife, mother, daughter, widow, and prostitute - against the socio-religious milieu around CE 300-1000. Puranas (lit. ancient narratives) are brahmanical texts that large...
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Abingdon, Oxon :
New York, NY : Routledge,
2019
London ; New York : Routledge, 2019 |
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