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Heroic Wives: Rituals, Stories and the Virtues of Jain Wifehood Book

Heroic Wives : Hardback : Oxford University Press Inc : 9780195389647 : 0195389646 : 07 Feb 2013 : Although in Hinduism it is mainly used to refer to widow immolation, the term 'sati' means 'true woman' - a female hero. Whitney Kelting has learned that in Jainism satis appear as subjects of devotional hymns. This seems paradoxical, given that Jain spirituality is to disengage oneself from worldly existence and Jain devotionalism is usually directed toward those souls who have reached perfect detachment. In fact, however, there is a vast corpus of popular texts, many of them written by prominent...Read More

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  • Blackwell

    Although in Hinduism it is mainly used to refer to widow immolation, the term 'sati' means 'true woman' - a female hero. Whitney Kelting has learned that in Jainism satis appear as subjects of devotional hymns. This seems paradoxical...

  • 0195389646
  • 9780195389647
  • M. Whitney Kelting
  • 8 October 2009
  • OUP USA
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 264
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