Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Kartik as a Sacred Month: The Kartik Vrat in Text and Context 15
7. Kartik’s Religious Celebrations and the Churning of the Ocean of Milk 45
8. Adoring Krishna at the River’s Edge:The Practice of Kartik PâjÅ 89
9. Krishna, Kartik, and Hindu Women’s Lives 143
10. Kartik PâjÅ Traditions and Women’s Empowerment 179
11. Appendix: Transliterated Song Texts 195
12. Notes 207
13. Works Cited 219
14. Index 231