Widows under Hindu Law / / David Brick.
"This chapter deals with two conceptually distinct, yet related legal issues concerning widows. The first of these is widow remarriage; the second is niyoga, which is the Sanskrit term for the specific version of levirate practiced in classical India. The reason that these two issues jointly co...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, New York : : Oxford University Press,, [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Rocher Indology
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (329 pages) |
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| Summary: | "This chapter deals with two conceptually distinct, yet related legal issues concerning widows. The first of these is widow remarriage; the second is niyoga, which is the Sanskrit term for the specific version of levirate practiced in classical India. The reason that these two issues jointly comprise the focus of a single chapter of this book is that, despite the effort of the Hindu legal tradition to dissociate them, they are closely related. The reason that these two issues comprise the focus of the first chapter is that niyoga in particular is the first widow-related issue to become the subject of debate within Dharmaâs¯astra and, thus, the first such issue where one can see a major shift in Brahmanical opinion over time, specifically a shift from general acceptance to universal rejection. By contrast, the Dharmaâs¯astra tradition widely opposed the practice of widow remarriage from its inception and support for widow remarriage always constituted a minority position"-- |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0197664563 0197664571 0197664555 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | David Brick. |