Widows Under Hindu Law - Brick, David
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This book comprises the first exhaustive history of the treatment and status of widows under classical Hindu law, a complex and highly influential tradition of jurisprudence spanning over two millennia of Indian history (300 BCE-1800 CE). As such, this book both contributes to our understanding of how male attitudes toward women evolved in pre-modern India and provides crucial context for important colonial debates on Hindu widow remarriage and the Hindu custom of widow self-immolation or sati.

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This book comprises the first exhaustive history of the treatment and status of widows under classical Hindu law, a complex and highly influential tradition of jurisprudence spanning over two millennia of Indian history (300 BCE-1800 CE). As such, this book both contributes to our understanding of how male attitudes toward women evolved in pre-modern India and provides crucial context for important colonial debates on Hindu widow remarriage and the Hindu custom of widow self-immolation or sati.
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David Brick is Assistant Professor of Sanskrit Literature at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in Asian Cultures and Languages from the University of Texas at Austin in 2009 and was lecturer of Sanskrit at Yale University from 2009 to 2018. He is the author of Brahmanical Theories of Gift: A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of the Danakanda of the Krtyakalpataru (2015) and numerous articles and book chapters on early India.