Female Ascetics: Hierarchy and Purity in Indian Religious Movements

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ISBN: 9780700704224 | 0700704221
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 4/18/1997

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Documents the social forces which facilitated the establishment of an Order of Ascetics for women, defying tradition in many respects. Describes the subtle methods by which the individual is transformed into a full member of the Order, and how hierarchy and purity are integral to the process.

List of Illustrations

vii

(2)

Acknowledgements

(2)

Foreword

(2)

Glossary

xiii

(5)

Map of Kerala

xviii

Introduction

(6)

1 The Hindu Revival

(16)

Background to Nineteenth Century Calcutta

(1)

The Missionaries

(1)

Rammohun Roy and the Brahmo Samaj

(2)

The Bengali Renaissance

(1)

Keshab Chandra Sen

(1)

Ramakrishna

(3)

The Brahmani

(2)

Sadhana

(1)

Ramakrishna as Guru

(4)

2 The Ramakrishna Movement: From Religious Renaissance to Nationalist Aspiration

(21)

The Foundation of the Ramakrishna Order

(1)

The Triumph of Vivekananda

(4)

Vivekananda in America

(4)

Homecoming

(1)

The Ramakrishna Mission

(2)

Ramakrishna, Incarnation of the Age

(7)

New Realities

(2)

Consolidation

(2)

3 The Ramakrishna Movement in Kerala

(17)

Sri Ramakrishna Asrama, Trichur

(2)

Trichur in the Early Decades of the Nineteenth Century

(5)

The First Trichur Recruits to the Ramakrishna Order

(1)

Mathru Mandir

(5)

4 The Foundation of a Monastic Order for Women

(24)

Vivekananda's Plans for a Womens Math

(4)

Nivedita

(5)

A Math for Women

(3)

Sarala

(3)

Sarada Mandiram Gains Independent Status

(2)

How Holy Mother Came to Stay at Sarada Mandiram

(2)

Interim Developments in Kerala

(5)

5 The Ramakrishna Order of Samnyasinis

(25)

Sri Sarada Math Branches

(1)

Ramakrishna Sarada Mission

(1)

The Administrative Organisation of the Order

(5)

Local Autonomy and Central Control

(1)

A Profile of the Village, 1981

(1)

Village Communities

(9)

Sarada Mandiram

103

(7)

6 The Monastic Inmates

110

(18)

The Candidates

112

(16)

7 Adjusting

128

(23)

Arrival

128

(7)

Pre Probation

135

(16)

8 Being and Becoming

151

(31)

Brahmacarya

160

(12)

Samnyasa

172

(10)

9 Hierarchy and Rank

182

(16)

Ranking within Sarada Mandiram

185

(5)

Maintaining Rank within Sarada Mandiram

190

(1)

Expressions of Hierarchy

191

(7)

10 The Concept of Purity

198

(18)

Personal Purity

198

(7)

Hierarchical Purity

205

(1)

Serving Seniors

206

(8)

Conclusion

214

(2)

11 Sarada Mandiram and the Local Villagers

216

(16)

Labourers' Grievances

218

(3)

Serving the Poor as God

221

(11)

Conclusion

232

(12)

Notes

244

(9)

Bibliography

253

(6)

Index

259

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Female Ascetics: Hierarchy and Purity in Indian Religious Movements

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