Encyclopaedia of Women and Development: Widowhood: a curse to humanityAnmol Publications, 2000 - Women |
Contents
A Curse of Humanity | 1 |
Role Adjustment and Violence | 11 |
The Duties of Widow | 24 |
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age at marriage ancient Andhra areas Urban areas Atharvaveda Average number Bankim Baudhayana become a Sati Bharatendu Bihar born children Brahmana brother caste cent century children born alive children surviving custom of Sati dead death dharma divorce duty economic female funeral pyre girls Gujarat Haryana Hindu Hindu society Hindu widows husband ideal immolation Karnataka Kashmir Kerala Kshatriya Madhya Mahabharata Maharashtra male Manu marriage separately married women aged Narada Niyoga number of children number of Percentage organisations Orissa orthodox Parasara person political practice Pradesh problems prohibited punarbhu Punjab Puranas Rajasthan Rajput referred Region India remarry ritual role Roop Kanwar rules Rural areas Urban Sanskrit Sati Sati custom separately for rural smrtis social reform status of women sudra surviving by age Suttee Tamil Nadu texts tonsure traditional Tripathi Tryambaka's Urban areas Age Vedic verse Vidyasagar violence against widows West Bengal widow remarriage widowhood wife wives women aged 50