{"product_id":"the-predicament-of-women-in-ancient-india-paperback","title":"The Predicament of Women in Ancient India - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKlaus Bruhn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProf. Dr. Klaus Bruhn, former head of department of Indian History Of Arts, Freie Universit t Berlin, Germany, well known for the development of an advanced method for classification of Jaina iconography, is author of this extraordinary book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable of Content\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 01] Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  02] The Deterioration of the Position of Women\u003cbr\u003e  03] Eight Forms of Marriage and Other Chains\u003cbr\u003e  04] The Son and the Beyond\u003cbr\u003e  05] Early Marriage of Girls\u003cbr\u003e  06] Avoiding Lack of Sons\u003cbr\u003e  06.00] Avoiding Lack of Sons\u003cbr\u003e  06.01] Obtaining Sons through Magic\u003cbr\u003e  06.02] Putrika As A Substitute For A Son\u003cbr\u003e  06.03] Adoption\u003cbr\u003e  07] Marriage\u003cbr\u003e  07.01] Dowry and Bride-Price\u003cbr\u003e  07.02] Marriage and Married Life\u003cbr\u003e  08] Daily Life (of Wives and Women)\u003cbr\u003e  08.01] Housework\u003cbr\u003e  08.02] Wife and husband, wife and parents-in-law\u003cbr\u003e  08.03] Wife and Ritual\u003cbr\u003e  08.04] Menstruation, impurity of women in general\u003cbr\u003e  08.05] Pardah\u003cbr\u003e  08.06] Greatness of the son, greatness of the mother\u003cbr\u003e  08.07] Perpetual tutelage\u003cbr\u003e  08.08] The daughter\u003cbr\u003e  08.09] Miscellany\u003cbr\u003e  09] Specific Events in the Life of Women\u003cbr\u003e  09.01] Widowhood and Niyoga\u003cbr\u003e  09.02] Monogamy, Supersession, and Polygamy\u003cbr\u003e  09.03] Adultery\u003cbr\u003e  09.04] Sins of Men and Sins of Women\u003cbr\u003e  09.05] Remarriage of Women\u003cbr\u003e  09.06] The Widow's Right of Inheritance\u003cbr\u003e  09.07] Feticide and Female Infanticide\u003cbr\u003e  10] Varia\u003cbr\u003e  10.11] Devadasis\u003cbr\u003e  10.12] Prostitution in General\u003cbr\u003e  11] The Woman in the Epics\u003cbr\u003e  11.01] General\u003cbr\u003e  11.02] Mahabharata: Story of Savitri\u003cbr\u003e  11.03] Ramayana: Sita Twice Repudiated\u003cbr\u003e  12] Widowhood and Suttee\u003cbr\u003e  12.00] Widowhood and Suttee\u003cbr\u003e  12.01] Suttee as recorded up to about 300 A.D.\u003cbr\u003e  12.02] Suttee after 300 A.D.\u003cbr\u003e  12.03] Widowhood after 100 B.C.\u003cbr\u003e  12.04] Suttee, Mainly 18th and 19th Centuries\u003cbr\u003e  12.05] Widowhood Past and Present\u003cbr\u003e  12.06] Two Attitudes\u003cbr\u003e  12.07] Debates on Suttee\u003cbr\u003e  12.08] Theories on Suttee\u003cbr\u003e  13] Woman in Hinduism (Varia)\u003cbr\u003e  13.01] Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  13.02] The Female in Hindu Iconography\u003cbr\u003e  13.03] Hindu Mythology\u003cbr\u003e  13.04] Tantrism and Shaktism\u003cbr\u003e  13.05] Nuns and Saint Singers in Hinduism\u003cbr\u003e  14] Widow Burning in Bali\u003cbr\u003e  15] Glossary\u003cbr\u003e  16] General Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e  17] Specialized Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePh.D.: Hamburg 1954 (Thesis: Silankas Cauppannamahapurisacariya [a Jaina text in Prakrit]; Publication: Hamburg 1954).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSojourn in India, incl. 1954-57 (collecting materials for a monograph on the Jaina art of Deogarh).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHabilitation: Hamburg 1964 (Thesis: The Jina-Images of Deogarh; Publication: E. J. Brill, Leiden 1969).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcademic teachers: WALTHER SCHUBRING and LUDWIG ALSDORF.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfessorship for Indology at the Free University of Berlin, 1966.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRetired since 1991.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTeaching and Research Subjects: Indian Philology and Indian Art History (with the specialization on Jaina art).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumerous publications regarding Jaina literature and art (1970 ff.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrakrit Jñanabharati International Award 2006\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51794698993952,"sku":"9783000267017","price":20.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/53fdc7d325b018e9cbb40e1b04468232.webp?v=1780731328","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-predicament-of-women-in-ancient-india-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}