The Perfect Wife: The Orthodox Hindu Woman According to the Strīdharmapaddhati of TryambakayajvanThis book presents, with commentary, the Stridhamapaddhati, the only extant Sanskrit treatise to address women's place and role in society. Written in the 18th century by an orthodox Hindu pandit at the court of Tanjore, it represents the norms and views of the complex, highly intellectual, socio-religious tradition of Hinduism at a crucial period in history. |
Contents
TRYAMBAKAS INTRODUCTION Sdhp 1v 12v | 29 |
IIA BEFORE DAWN Sdhp 2v 57v | 51 |
IIB AT DAWN Sdhp 7v 910v | 102 |
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According agnihotra āha Apastamba ascetic attributed bath Baudhāyana behaviour brahmin caiva commentary context cows Dakṣa denotes described devanāgarī Dh.kosa dharma Dharmākūta dharmaśāstra Draupadi English tr example fact female fire sacrifice folio glossed goddess gods guest Hindu homa homage household Jyeṣṭhā kāma kartavyam kṣatriya Kull Mahābhārata male mantras Manu Maratha marriage married meal means menstruating mīmāmsā morning oblation offering one's husband orthodox Pārvatī patnī perform prohibition quotation Rāmāyaṇa recitation regard religious duty rulings sacred fires samdhyā Sanskrit text Sdhp Secondly section IIA sexual Sītā Śiva sloka smṛtis śrauta śrauta ritual Śrī śruti strī strīdharma Strīdharmapaddhati strīṇām sudra sūdras sūtra T₁ tathā term Thanjavur tilaka traditional treatise Tryam Tryambaka Tryambaka explains Tryambaka quotes twice-born upanayana vaiśvadeva ritual varna Veda Vedic Vedic student verse Vyāsa wear widow wife's wives woman women worship Yudhisthira