Roles and rituals for Hindu women - Leslie, Julia (New Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1992)
I The Ritual Wife 1. Indra's curse, Varuna's noose, and the suppression of the woman in the Vedic Śrauta ritual, 2. marital expectations as dramatized in Hindu mariage rituals II Power in the home 3. Desired fruits: motive and intention in the votive rites of Hindu women 4. Mothering rituals in Tamilnadu: some magico-religious beliefs 5. Śri and Jyestha: ambivalen role models for women III The Ritual of Dance 6. The traditional repertoire of Tiruttani temple dancers 7. dance and the Hindu woman: Bharatanatyam re-ritualized IV The Pursuit of Salvation 8. Suttee or Sati : Victim or victor? 9. Women in the Śaiva/Śakta ethos 10. Varieties of Hindu female asceticism
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Keywords: indijske religije; hinduizam - uloga žena