Women and the Puranic Tradition in India

Abbreviations. Notes on Transliteration. Notes on Primary Texts. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Chapter I: The Shaping of the Pura?ic Narrative and Gender Chapter II: Women's Identity and Pura?ic Patriarchy Chapter III: Women Outside the Family Circle: Not Bound, Not Free Chapter IV: Vratas, Rituals, and the Pura?ic Social Hierarchy. Some Parting Thoughts. Appendix: A Brief Note on the Pura?ic Scholarship. Glossary. Bibliography. Index

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