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Chapter Three Wedding and Bedding in Pravṛtti Dharma

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Woman as Fire, Woman as Sage

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Chapters in this book

Front Matter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Religion in the Mahābhārata 21
Nivṛtti Dharma 55
Wedding and Bedding in Pravṛtti Dharma 95
The Unruly Desire of Women 127
Disciplining Desire 151
Āpaddharma 181
Conclusion 199
Notes 205
Selected Bibliography 237
Index 253

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780791479889-005

Chapters in this book

Front Matter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Religion in the Mahābhārata 21
Nivṛtti Dharma 55
Wedding and Bedding in Pravṛtti Dharma 95
The Unruly Desire of Women 127
Disciplining Desire 151
Āpaddharma 181
Conclusion 199
Notes 205
Selected Bibliography 237
Index 253

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