Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- I Young Śvetaketu: A Literary Study of an Upaniṣadic Story
- II Dharmaskandhāḥ and brahmasaṃsthaḥ: A Study of Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.23.1
- III Orgasmic Rapture and Divine Ecstasy: The Semantic History of ānanda
- IV Amrtā: Women and Indian Technologies of Immortality
- V Power of Words: The Ascetic Appropriation and the Semantic Evolution of dharma
- VI Semantic History of Dharma: The Middle and Late Vedic Periods
- VII Explorations in the Early History of Dharmaśāstra
- VIII Structure and Composition of the Mānava Dharmaśāstra
- IX Caste and Purity: A Study in the Language of the Dharma Literature
- X Rhetoric and Reality: Women's Agency in the Dharmaśāstras
- XI Manu and Gautama: A Study in Śāstric Intertextuality
- XII Manu and the Arthaśāstra: A Study in Śāstric Intertextuality
- XIII Unfaithful Transmitters: Philological Criticism and Critical Editions of the Upaniṣads
- XIV Sanskrit Commentators and the Transmission of Texts: Haradatta on Āpastamba Dharmasūtra
- XV Hair and Society: Social Significance of Hair in South Asian Traditions
- XVI Abhakṣya and Abhojya: An Exploration in Dietary Language
- XVII Food for Thought: Dietary Rules and Social Organization in Ancient India
- References
- Index
X - Rhetoric and Reality: Women's Agency in the Dharmaśāstras
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- I Young Śvetaketu: A Literary Study of an Upaniṣadic Story
- II Dharmaskandhāḥ and brahmasaṃsthaḥ: A Study of Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.23.1
- III Orgasmic Rapture and Divine Ecstasy: The Semantic History of ānanda
- IV Amrtā: Women and Indian Technologies of Immortality
- V Power of Words: The Ascetic Appropriation and the Semantic Evolution of dharma
- VI Semantic History of Dharma: The Middle and Late Vedic Periods
- VII Explorations in the Early History of Dharmaśāstra
- VIII Structure and Composition of the Mānava Dharmaśāstra
- IX Caste and Purity: A Study in the Language of the Dharma Literature
- X Rhetoric and Reality: Women's Agency in the Dharmaśāstras
- XI Manu and Gautama: A Study in Śāstric Intertextuality
- XII Manu and the Arthaśāstra: A Study in Śāstric Intertextuality
- XIII Unfaithful Transmitters: Philological Criticism and Critical Editions of the Upaniṣads
- XIV Sanskrit Commentators and the Transmission of Texts: Haradatta on Āpastamba Dharmasūtra
- XV Hair and Society: Social Significance of Hair in South Asian Traditions
- XVI Abhakṣya and Abhojya: An Exploration in Dietary Language
- XVII Food for Thought: Dietary Rules and Social Organization in Ancient India
- References
- Index
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- Language, Texts, and SocietyExplorations in Ancient Indian Culture and Religion, pp. 247 - 260Publisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2011