Nuns, yoginis, saints, and singers
Subtitle: women's renunciation in South Asia
By: edited by Meena Khandelwal, Sondra L. Hausner, and Ann Grodzins Gold
Publisher: Zubaan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
ISBN-13: 9788189884345
Subjects: Women; Religious life; Women and religion; Monastic and religious life of women
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Sondra L. Hausner and Meena Khandelwal; title: Do saints need sleep? / Meena Khandelwal; title: Living practical dharma / Sara Shneiderman; title: The true river Ganges / Kristin Hanssen; title: Staying in place / Sondra L. Hausner; title: Passionate renouncers / Kalyani Devaki Menon; title: How Buddhist renunciation produces difference / Kim Gutschow; title: Renouncing expectations / Lisa I. Knight; title: These hands are not for henna / Anne Vallely; title: Afterword : breaking away; title: / Ann Grodzins Gold.