The Perfect Wife: The Orthodox Hindu Woman according to the Stridharmapaddhati of Tryambakayajvan (Oxford University South Asian Studies Series)

By Julia Leslie and I. Julia Leslie

This book presents, with commentary, the Stridhamapaddhati, the only extant Sanskrit treatise to address women's place and role in society. Written in the 18th century by an orthodox Hindu pandit at the court of Tanjore, it represents the norms and views of the complex, highly intellectual, socio-religious tradition of Hinduism at a crucial period in history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195621077
• ISBN13: 9780195621075
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.1" x 5.8"