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Title:
Hindu widow marriage
Author:
Bidyāsāgara, Īśvaracandra, 1820-1891, author.
ISBN:
9780231526609
Uniform Title:
Vidhavavivaha prachalita haoya uchita ki na etad-vishayaka prastav. English
Publication Information:
New York : Columbia University Press, ©2012.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxiv, 242 pages)
Abstract:
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 cruelties. A Sanskrit scholar and passionate social reformer, Vidyasagar was a leading proponent of widow marriage in colonial India, urging contemporaries to reject a ban that caused countless women to suffer needlessly.
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