Oly Roy

Chastity in Ancient Indian Texts

Precept, Practice, and Portrayal

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book looks at the representation and practice of chastity in selective ancient Indian texts. It studies how and when the concept originated and in what ways it was intertwined with the social, cultural, and economic notions of Indian society.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge India
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 263g
• ISBN-13: 9781032321264
• ISBN-10: 1032321261
• Artikelnr.: 70347527

Autorenporträt

Oly Roy is an academician and researcher, who has received her Ph.D from Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Her research interests include gender, social, cultural and political issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Conceptualising Chastity 2. Conformity in the Great Epics (the Mah
bh
rata and the V
lm
ki's R
m
yäa) 3. Deviance in the Great Epics 4. Chastity as Reflected in the MahaPur
as 5. Deviant Behaviour as Reflected in the MahaPur
as 6. Comparative Evaluation of Conformity and Deviance in H
la's Sattasä and the J
takas Conclusion

---

Introduction 1. Conceptualising Chastity 2. Conformity in the Great Epics (the Mahabharata and the Valmiki's Ramayana) 3. Deviance in the Great Epics 4. Chastity as Reflected in the MahaPuranas 5. Deviant Behaviour as Reflected in the MahaPuranas 6. Comparative Evaluation of Conformity and Deviance in Hala's Sattasai and the Jatakas Conclusion