Download or read book Hindu Widow Marriage written by Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the passage of the Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act of 1856, Hindu tradition required a woman to live as a virtual outcast after her husband's death. Widows were expected to shave their heads, discard their jewelry, live in seclusion, and undergo regular acts of penance. Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar was the first Indian intellectual to successfully argue against these strictures. A Sanskrit scholar and passionate social reformer, Vidyasagar was a leading proponent of widow marriage in colonial India, urging his contemporaries to reject a ban that caused countless women to suffer needlessly. Vidyasagar's brilliant strategy paired a rereading of Hindu scripture with an emotional plea on behalf of the widow, resulting in an organic reimagining of Hindu law and custom. Vidyasagar made his case through the two-part publication Hindu Widow Marriage, a tour de force of logic, erudition, and humanitarian rhetoric. In this new translation, Brian A. Hatcher makes available in English for the first time the entire text of one of the most important nineteenth-century treatises on Indian social reform. An expert on Vidyasagar, Hinduism, and colonial Bengal, Hatcher enhances the original treatise with a substantial introduction describing Vidyasagar's multifaceted career, as well as the history of colonial debates on widow marriage. He innovatively interprets the significance of Hindu Widow Marriage within modern Indian intellectual history by situating the text in relation to indigenous commentarial practices. Finally, Hatcher increases the accessibility of the text by providing an overview of basic Hindu categories for first-time readers, a glossary of technical vocabulary, and an extensive bibliography.

Download or read book Marriage of Hindu Widows written by Īśvaracandra Bidyāsāgara and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Collection Containing the Proceedings which Led to the Passing of Act XV of 1856 written by M. G. Ranade and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Marriage of Hindu Widows written by I. C. Vidyasagar and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Marriage of Hindu widows written by Īśvaracandra Bidyāsāgara and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Infant Marriage and Enforced Widowhood in India written by Behramji Merwanji Malabari and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Hindu Widow Re marriage Other Tracts written by Mahatma Gandhi and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hindu Widow Re Marriage Other Tracts Classic Reprint written by Mahatma Gandhi and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hindu Widow Re-Marriage Other Tracts Early marriage of girls would be greatly checked by the free introduction of widow re-marriage. As the state of the Hindu society now exists virgins are available both for bachelors and widow ers. The latter naturally and generally desire to unite themselves with grown up girls. Few parents like to give the hands of their girls to widowers. They, therefore, naturally desire to secure bachelor matches as early as possible to obviate the emergency of having re course to widower matches; and thus the early marriage is encouraged. It would also be a very salutary and equit able rule of practice if widowers were never to marry a maiden but always a widow. It will, perhaps, be better to notice here that some of the opponents(5 11 7, of the widow marriage may object that widowers should not 'marry at all. I must answer'at once to this objection that in this world it is impossible for widowers generally not to re marry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Hindu widow re marriage written by Kunj Behari Seth and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Hindu Widow in Indian Literature written by Rajul Sogani and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depiction of widow in the novels in various Indian languages.

Download or read book Hindu Widow Re Marriage and Other Tracts written by Mahatma Gandhi and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Download or read book The Law Relating to the Hindu Widow written by Trailokyanath Mitra and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Law Relating to the Hindu Widow written by Trailokyanath Mitra and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-05 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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Download or read book Marriage of Hindu Widows written by I. VIDYASAGARA and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Problems of Widows in India written by P. Adinarayana Reddy and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2004 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles presented earlier at a seminar held at Tirupati, India.