Vaiṣṇavī: Women and the Worship of KrishnaThis volume explores the delicate subject of gender and religion with honesty and charity-focusing on one of mankind`s earliest and most textually-rich religious traditions, Vaishnavism. Steven J. Rosen has brought together eight essays by leading academics poets and practitioners who shed light on the lives and teaching of specific female saints throughtout history. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Inscribed in Text Embodied | 9 |
Andrew SchellingWheres My Beloved? Mirābāis Prem | 47 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Vaiṣṇavī: Women and the Worship of Krishna |
| Editor | Steven Rosen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1996 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Jul 29, 2008 |
| ISBN | 812081438X, 9788120814387 |
| Length | 301 pages |
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