BECAUSE IT GIVES ME PEACE OF MIND. Ritual Fasts in the Religious Lives of Hindu Women. Suny Series.

Pearson, Anne Mackenzie

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Albany NY, State University of New York, 1966. 1st edition 315 pp. Pb . Suny SeriesMcgill Studies in the History of Religions. This is the first book-length study that explores the history and nature of vratsotive fasting rites--the role these rites play in the religious lives of Hindu women in North India, and the meanings these women attribute to them. By placing vrats within the context of various Hindu religious categories such as concepts of time; types of religious activities; goals; notions of purity and pollution; auspiciousness and inauspiciousness, the book demonstrates how the concept of vrat provides a lens to the Hindu worldview. Accordingly, it offers insight into the nature of Hindu popular religion in general and women's religion in particular. near fine condition.

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• Title: BECAUSE IT GIVES ME PEACE OF MIND. Ritual Fasts in the Religious Lives of Hindu Women. Suny Series.