The Predicament of Women in Ancient India: Specialized Bibliography

Published: 24.06.2008
Updated: 02.07.2015

E.Abegg, Der Pretakalpa des Garuda-Purana. Berlin und Leipzig 1921.

C.M.Agrawal, Rajput Ladies in Mughal Harem. Indian Publishers' Distributors Delhi 2007.

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Cl.Bautze-Picron St, "The 'stele' in Bihar and Bengal", in: Berliner Indologische Studien 2.1986: 107-131.

M.R.Bhat, Varahamihira's Brhat Samhita. Motilal Banarsidass 1986.

J.N.Bhattacharya, Hindu Castes and Sects. Calcutta 1896.

H.Brinkhaus, Die altindischen Mischkastensysteme. Wiesbaden 1978.

K.Bruhn Ah, "Die Ahimsa in der Ethik des Jaina-Autors Amrtacandra," in: Berliner Indologische Studien 18.2007. 1-78.

K.Bruhn An,"The Analysis of Jina Images", in: Berliner Indologische Studien 2.1986: 133-174.

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K.Bruhn Cu, "Cultural Studies," in: Indo-Iranian Journal 5.1962: 253-270.

K.Bruhn Ea, "The Mahavratas in Early Jainism", in: Berliner Indologische Studien 15/16/17.2003: 3-98.

K.Bruhn Gr II, "The Grammar of Jina Iconography II", in: Berliner Indologische Studien 13/14.2000. 273-337.

K.Bruhn Ma, "The Concept of mana (Pride) in Jaina Dogmatics," in: R.Smet and K.Watanabe (eds.), Jain Studies in Honour of Jozef Deleu. Tokyo 1993: 163-206.

J.A.B. van Buitenen, The Mahabharata. 2-3. Chicago 1975.

A.C.Burnell, The Ordinances of Manu. London 1884.

K.Butzenberger, "Ancient Indian Conceptions on Man's Destiny After Death.... I." In: Berliner Indologische Studien 9/10. 1996: 55-118.

U.Chakravarti Fa, "From Fathers to Husbands," in: L.Welchman and S. Hossain, "Honour." New Delhi 2006: 308-331.

U.Chakravarti Ge, "Gender, Caste and Labour", in CHEN In: 63-92.

P.Chowdhri, "Sexuality, Unchastity and Fertility. Economy of Production and Reproduction in Colonial Haryana," in: CHEN In: 93-123.

H.T.Colebrooke, "On the duties of a faithful Hindu widow," in: Asiatic Researches 4. Calcutta 1795: 209-219.

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C.D.Collins, The Iconography and Ritual of Siva at Elephanta. State University of New York Press 1988.

E.B.Cowell and F.W.Thomas, The Harsa-Carita of Bana. Motilal Banarsidass 1897. Reprint 1961.

K.Datta Co, "A Controversy over a Verse on the Remarriage of Hindu Women," in: M.Bose (ed.:) Faces of the Feminine in Ancient, Medieval and Modern India. Oxford University Press 2000: 7-20.

V.Dehejia, “Comment: A Broader Landscape," in: J.S.Hawley, Sati, the Blessing and the Curse. Oxford University Press 1994: 49-53.

J.D.M.Derrett, "What the Dharmasastra has to Say about Dowry," in: R.W.Larivière (ed.), Studies in Dharmashastra. Calcutta 1984: 179-193.

P.Deussen und O.Strauß, Vier philosophische Texte des Mahabharatam. Leipzig 1906.

K.Deva, Khajuraho. New Delhi 1987.

Th.Donaldson, "Propitious-Apotropaic Eroticism in the Art of Orissa," in: Artibus Asiae 37.1975: 75-100.

W.Doniger Ad, "Begetting on Margin: Adultery and Surrogate Pseudomarriage in Hinduism," in: L.Harlan and P.B.Courtright (eds.), From the Margins of Hindu Marriage. Oxford University Press 1995: 160-183. [See also W.D.O'Flaherty.]

R.Dube Bhatnagar: R.Dube Bhatnagar, Renu Dube, Reena Dube. Female Infanticide in India. State University of New York Press, Albany 2005.

P.Dubois, Légère idée de Bali, 1830. Letter no.8 "Funérailles".

L.Dumont, "La dette vis-à-vis des ancêtres," in: Purusartha 4.1980: 15-37.

A.Dundes, "From Etic to Emic Units in the Structural Study of Folktales," in: Analytic Essays in Folklore. Mouton Publishers 1979: 61-72.

A.T.Embree, "Widows as Cultural Symbols," in: J.S.Hawley (ed.), Sati, the Blessing and the Curse. Oxford University Press 1994: 149-159.

K.M.Erndl, Victory to the Mother. Oxford University Press 1993.

R.Fick, Die sociale Gliederung im nordöstlichen Indien zu Buddhas Zeit. Kiel 1897. Reprint Graz 1974.

D.M.Figueira, "Die Flambierte Frau: Sati in European Culture," in: J.S.Hawley (ed.), Sati, the Blessing and the Curse. Oxford University Press 1994: 55-72.

J.L.Fitzgerald, The Mahabharata. 11-12.1. Chicago 2004.

G.Flood, An Introduction to Hinduism. Cambridge University Press 1996.

S.E.Fohr, "Restrictions and Protection: Female Jain Renouncers", in: P.Flügel (ed.), Studies in Jaina History and Culture. London 2006: 157-180.

G.Forbes, Women in Modern India. Cambridge University Press 1996.

E.Garzilli, "First Greek and Latin Documents on Sahagamana and Some Connected Problems." (Part 1-2). IIJ 40,3 (July 1997), 205-243. 40,4 (October 1997), 339-365.

K.Gauba, H[is] H[ighness] or the Pathology of Princes. Lahore 1930.

H. von Glasenapp, Buddhistische Mysterien. Stuttgart 1940.

R.P.Goldman, Foreword to P.S.Jaini, Gender and Salvation. University of California Press 1991: vii-xxiv.

J.Gonda, Die Religionen Indiens I (2.rev.ed.), II. Stuttgart 1978.1963.

L.González-Reimann, The Mahabharata and the Yugas. Peter Lang 2002.

T.Goudriaan Hi, "Hindu Tantric Literature in Sanskrit," in: Goudriaan 1981: ix, 1-172.

T.Goudriaan In, "Introduction, History and Philosophy," in: Goudriaan 1979: 1-67.

H.Grassmann. Rig-Veda übersetzt. Erster Theil. Leipzig 1876.

R.Grünendahl, "Post-philological Gestures -- >>Deconstructing<< Textual Criticism," in: 30. Deutscher Orientalistentag. Freiburg i.Br., 24.-28.09.2007.

S.Gupta, "Modes of Worship and Meditation," in: Goudriaan 1979: 119-185.

L.Harlan, "Perfection and Devotion: Sati Tradition in Rajasthan," in: J.S.Hawley, Sati, the Blessing and the Curse. Oxford University Press 1994: 79-91.

J.C.Harle, The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent. Penguin Books 1987.

M.Haug, The Aitareya Brahmanam of the Rigveda. I-II [text and translation]. Bombay 1863.

F.Heiler, Erscheinungsformen und Wesen der Religion. Stuttgart 1961.

A.Hillebrandt, Ritual-Litteratur, Vedische Opfer und Zauber. Strassburg 1897.

O. von Hinüber, Indiens Weg in die Moderne. Aachen 2005.

D.J.Hoens, “Transmission and Fundamental Constituents of the Practice,” in: Goudriaan 1979: 69-117.

E.W.Hopkins My, Epic Mythology. Strassburg 1915.

E.W.Hopkins Re, The Mutual Relations of the Four Castes. Leipzig 1881.

J.H.Hutton, Caste in India. Oxford University Press. 3rd ed. 1961.

H.Jacobi, "Ages of the World," in: J.Hastings et al. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Vol.I. Edinburgh and New York 1908: 200b-202b.

St.W.Jamison, Sacrificed Wife, Sacrificer's Wife. Oxford University Press 1996.

A.P.Jamkhedkar, Vasudevahimdi: a Cultural Study. Delhi 1984.

P.V.Kane Ka, "Kalivarjya (Actions Forbidden in the Kali Age)," in: S.G.Moghe (ed.), Professor Kane's Contribution to Dharmasastra Literature. New Delhi 1997: 213-232.

R.P.Kangle, The Kautiliya Arthasastra. Part III. University of Bombay 1965.

M.Khanna, "The Goddess-Woman Equation in Sakta Tantras", in: M.Bose (ed.:) Faces of the Feminine in Ancient, Medieval and Modern India. Oxford University Press 2000: 109-123.

R.W.Larivière, "Matrimonial Remedies for Women in Classical Hindu Law: Alternatives to Divorce," in: J.Leslie (ed.), Rules and Remedies in Classical Indian Law. Leiden 1991: 37-45. Panels of the VIIth World Sankrit Conference, Vol.IX.

D.I.Lauf, Das Bild als Symbol im Tantrismus. München 1973.

N.M.Lehmann and A.Luithle, Selbstopfer und Entsagung im Westen Indiens. Hamburg 2003.

J.M.Leinmüller, "Die Straßenmädchen von Bangalore", in: T.Pillai-Vetschera (ed.), Zwischen gestern und übermorgen. Peter Lang 2002: 152-177.

B.P.Levack, The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe. London. 3rd English edition 2003.

R.J.Lewis, "Comment: Sati and the Nineteenth-century British Self," in: J.S.Hawley (ed.), Sati, the Blessing and the Curse. Oxford University Press 1994: 72-78.

J.M.MacKenzie, Orientalism. Manchester University Press 1995.

T.N.Madan, "Concerning the Categories subha and suddha in Hindu Culture," in: J.B.Carman and F.A.Marglin (eds.), Purity and Auspiciousness in Indian Society. Leiden 1985: 11-29.

A.Major, Pious Flames. European Encounters with Sati. Oxford 2006. [Bibliography on widow burning on pp.232-248.]

Ch.Malamoud De, "Théologie de la dette dans le Brahmanisme," in: Purusartha 1980. 4.39-62.

Ch.Malamoud Sa, "Le sacrifice dans l'hindouisme classique," in: M.Biardeau and Ch.Malamoud, Le sacrifice dans l'inde ancienne. Paris 1976: 155-204.

L.Mani Co, Contentious Traditions. The Debate on Sati in Colonial India. University of California Press 1998.

L.Mani Ey, "Cultural Theory, Colonial Texts: Reading Eyewitness Accounts of Widow Burning", in: (GROSSBERG et al.) Cultural Studies. Routledge 1992: 392-408.

Katherine Mayo, Mother India. Ed. Mrinalini Sinha. The University of Michigan Press 2000.

G.Melzer, Gajasamharamurti und Andhakasuravadhamurti in der Ikonographie Sivas. Berlin 2002. Magisterarbeit.

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A.Michaels, Hinduism. Princeton University Press. 2004 [English translation from the German by B.Harshav.]

Minoru Hara, Journal of the International College for Advanced Buddhist Studies. Vols V-VI, 2002-2003, "Women in Ancient India i-ii." Résumé in English.

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L.C.Orr, Donors, Devotees, and Daughters of God. Temple Women in Medieval Tamilnadu. Oxford University Press 2000.

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