ISBN:
9780197675908
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 175 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
AAR religion in translation
Uniform Title:
Bahubibāha rahita haoẏā ucita ki na
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Bidyāsāgara, Īśvaracandra, - 1820-1891 Against high-caste polygamy
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Vidyasagar, Ishvarchandra Against High-Caste Polygamy
DDC:
306.84/23095414
Keywords:
18. Jahrhundert (1700 bis 1799 n. Chr.)
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19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.)
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c 1700 to c 1800
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c 1800 to c 1900
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Non-monogamous relationship
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Non-monogamous relationship
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Kulins Marriage customs and rites
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Widows Legal status, laws, etc
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Widows Legal status, laws, etc
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Polygamy Law and legislation
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Polygamy Religious aspects
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Hinduism
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Colonialism & imperialism
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Hinduism
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Hinduismus
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Kolonialismus und Imperialismus
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Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
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POL045000
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RELIGION / Hinduism / General
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Bengalen
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Brahmanen
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Polygamie
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Frau
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Recht
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Geschichte 1800-1871
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Sanskrit
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Witwe
;
Wiederverheiratung
;
Hinduismus
;
Dharmashastra
;
Witwe
;
Wiederverheiratung
Abstract:
"Against High-Caste Polygamy offers a complete, annotated translation of Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar's first book arguing against the practice of high-caste Kulin marriage in Bengal. The translation is based on the text of the first edition of Bahuvivaha rahita haoya uchita ki na etadvishayaka vichara, published from the Sanskrit Press in 1871 (Samvat 1928); henceforth simply Bahuvivaha. I have relied on the version of the text as found in the second volume of Gopal Haldar's Vidyasagar-rachanasamgraha, as well as on a digitized version of the 1871 first edition available online"--
Abstract:
Against High-Caste Polygamy offers a complete, annotated translation of Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar's 1871 tract arguing against the practice of high-caste Kulin marriage in Bengal. Vidyasagar published this work fifteen years after passage of the Hindu Widow's Remarriage Act, which owed so much to his earlier reform leadership. However, in the wake of the Rebellion of 1857 British and Indian attitudes toward official intervention in customary practices underwent a sea change.The British were increasingly reluctant to create unrest, while many Indian leaders began to question the legitimacy of seeking government assistance for social change. The age of active collaboration between the British officials and Indian reformers had passed. In Against High-Caste Polygamy, Vidyasagar demonstrates both his continued faith in an earlier approach to reform and his frustration at the new tenor of the times.Against High-Caste Polygamy is not a treatise on polygamy in general. Rather, it addresses a subset of polygamous marriage as practiced among the highest Hindu castes in eastern India, or what then constituted the Bengal Presidency of British India. This particular form of polygamy came to be known in English as Kulinism, from the term for a person who holds high clan rank (known in Bengali as a kulina). As Vidyasagar shows, Kulinism rests on a highly articulated and historically entrenched system of status and rank that trapped women in wretched domestic situations. Against High-Caste Polygamy is Vidysagar's attempt to open the eyes of Bengali readers as well as the government to the extent and dire ramifications of polygamous practices that often left women ostracized, neglected, and abused. This translation makes Vidyasagar's polemic available to English-language readers for the first time. It features a scholarly introduction, extensive notes, and a variety of supplementary critical tools
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface -- Note on the text and translation -- Introduction: Against High-Caste Polygamy: the English translation -- Notice Against High-Caste Polygamy -- Conclusion -- Appendices: Supplement One -- Supplement Two -- Conclusion to the Second Supplement -- Supporting evidence -- Glossary: English to Sanskrit/Bengali -- Glossary: Sanskrit/Bengali to English -- Bibliography -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Includes Quotqtions in Sanskrit and Bengali, romanized
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780197675908.001.0001
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