Are women entitled to become ascetics? An historical and ethnographic glimpse on female asceticism in Hindu religions
This paper looks at the position of women in Indian asceticism through an historical and anthropological perspective. Introducing at first the traditional view that Brahmanic texts offer on the topic - women are innately impure therefore they do not have a natural inclination to dharma- the paper go...
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| Language: | English |
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Università degli Studi di Torino
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/kervan/article/view/2269 |