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024 7 _a10.7312/vidy15632
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035 _a(DE-B1597)459412
035 _a(OCoLC)979739609
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aVidyasagar, Ishvarchandra
_eautore
245 1 0 _aHindu Widow Marriage /
_cIshvarchandra Vidyasagar.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bColumbia University Press,
_c[2011]
264 4 _c©2011
300 _a1 online resource (272 p.) :
_b2 tables
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_tA Word About the Translation --
_tHindu Categories for First-Time Readers --
_tChronology. Events Pertaining to the Widow Marriage Movement in Bengal --
_tIntroduction --
_tHINDU WIDOW MARRIAGE. The Complete English Translation --
_tBook One --
_tBook Two --
_tGlossary --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex of Sanskrit Passages --
_tIndex of Names and Terms
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aBefore the passage of the Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act of 1856, Hindu tradition required a woman to live as a virtual outcast after her husband's death. Widows were expected to shave their heads, discard their jewelry, live in seclusion, and undergo regular acts of penance. Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar was the first Indian intellectual to successfully argue against these strictures. A Sanskrit scholar and passionate social reformer, Vidyasagar was a leading proponent of widow marriage in colonial India, urging his contemporaries to reject a ban that caused countless women to suffer needlessly.Vidyasagar's brilliant strategy paired a rereading of Hindu scripture with an emotional plea on behalf of the widow, resulting in an organic reimagining of Hindu law and custom. Vidyasagar made his case through the two-part publication Hindu Widow Marriage, a tour de force of logic, erudition, and humanitarian rhetoric. In this new translation, Brian A. Hatcher makes available in English for the first time the entire text of one of the most important nineteenth-century treatises on Indian social reform.An expert on Vidyasagar, Hinduism, and colonial Bengal, Hatcher enhances the original treatise with a substantial introduction describing Vidyasagar's multifaceted career, as well as the history of colonial debates on widow marriage. He innovatively interprets the significance of Hindu Widow Marriage within modern Indian intellectual history by situating the text in relation to indigenous commentarial practices. Finally, Hatcher increases the accessibility of the text by providing an overview of basic Hindu categories for first-time readers, a glossary of technical vocabulary, and an extensive bibliography.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 0 _aRemarriage (Hindu law)
650 0 _aRemarriage (Hindu law).
650 0 _aRemarriage
_zIndia.
650 0 _aWidows (Hindu law)
650 0 _aWidows (Hindu law).
650 0 _aWidows
_zIndia.
650 7 _aRELIGION / General.
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700 1 _aHatcher, Brian
_eautore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7312/vidy15632
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231526609
856 4 2 _3Cover
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