Author: IndiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marriage
Languages : en
Pages : 5
Book Description
The Hindu Widows' Re-marriage Act, 1856, (Act XV of 1856).
Author: IndiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marriage
Languages : en
Pages : 5
Book Description
The Hindu Widows Re-marriage Act, 1856 (15 of 1856)
Author: Government of India Ministry of LawPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marriage law
Languages : en
Pages : 3
Book Description
A Collection Containing the Proceedings which Led to the Passing of Act XV of 1856
Author: M. G. RanadePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hindu women
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Hindu Widows Re-marriage Act, 1856
Author: Law Commission of IndiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marriage law
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Eighty-first Report on Hindu Widows Remarriage Act 1856
Author: Law Commission of IndiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hindu women
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Law Commission of India Eighty-first Report
Author: Law Commission of IndiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Remarriage (Hindu law)
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Extracts relating to the Hindoo Widow Marriage Act (No. XV., 1856), from the printed records and published debates of the Legislative Council of India, with an appendix
Author: IndiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Hindu Widow Marriage
Author: Ishvarchandra VidyasagarPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231526601
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
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 strictures. A Sanskrit scholar and passionate social reformer, Vidyasagar was a leading proponent of widow marriage in colonial India, urging his contemporaries to reject a ban that caused countless women to suffer needlessly. Vidyasagar's brilliant strategy paired a rereading of Hindu scripture with an emotional plea on behalf of the widow, resulting in an organic reimagining of Hindu law and custom. Vidyasagar made his case through the two-part publication Hindu Widow Marriage, a tour de force of logic, erudition, and humanitarian rhetoric. In this new translation, Brian A. Hatcher makes available in English for the first time the entire text of one of the most important nineteenth-century treatises on Indian social reform. An expert on Vidyasagar, Hinduism, and colonial Bengal, Hatcher enhances the original treatise with a substantial introduction describing Vidyasagar's multifaceted career, as well as the history of colonial debates on widow marriage. He innovatively interprets the significance of Hindu Widow Marriage within modern Indian intellectual history by situating the text in relation to indigenous commentarial practices. Finally, Hatcher increases the accessibility of the text by providing an overview of basic Hindu categories for first-time readers, a glossary of technical vocabulary, and an extensive bibliography.
Marriage of Hindu Widows
Author: Īśvaracandra BidyāsāgaraPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marriage
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The Law Relating to the Hindu Widow
Author: Trailokyanath MitraPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hindu law
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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