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Sanskrit Pronunciation and Typographical Conventions | ||
I | Introduction | |
II | Sacrificed Wife/Sacrificer's Wife: The Myth of Manu's Cups | |
III | The Wife in Ritual | |
A | The Wife and the Other Ritual Actors | 29 |
B | Situating the Wife in Ritual | 38 |
C | Sexuality and Fertility: Symbolic Representations | 53 |
D | Sexuality and Fertility: The Asvamedha | 65 |
E | Sexuality and Fertility: "Negative" Representations | 88 |
F | Hospitality and Exchange Relations: The Soma Sacrifice | 114 |
IV | The Anxieties of Hospitality | |
A | Introduction - Oghavati and Ahalya | 153 |
B | Hospitality and Hostly Perils | 157 |
C | Manu's Cups Revisited (I): The Cow, the Wife, and the Power of the Guest | 169 |
D | Manu's Cups Revisited (II): The Vocabulary of Hospitality | 174 |
E | Exploited Guests and Reluctant Recipients | 195 |
V | Women and Marriage | |
A | Marriage and Exchange | 207 |
B | Marriage by Capture | 218 |
C | Maidenly Self-Determination | 236 |
VI | Conclusion | |
Notes | 259 | |
Bibliography | 307 | |
Subject Index | 319 | |
Index of Passages | 329 |
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