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Because It Gives Me Peace of Mind: Ritual Fasts in the Religious Lives of Hindu Women Paperback - 1996
by Anne MacKenzie Pearson
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This is the first book-length study that explores the history and nature of vrats--votive fasting rites--the role these rites play in the religious lives of Hindu women in North India, and the meanings these women attribute to them.
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- Title Because It Gives Me Peace of Mind: Ritual Fasts in the Religious Lives of Hindu Women
- Author Anne MacKenzie Pearson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition Th
- Pages 315
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher State University of New York Press, Albany, NY
- Date 1996-07
- Features Bibliography, Glossary
- ISBN 9780791430385 / 0791430383
- Weight 1.07 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 8.93 x 5.84 x 0.74 in (22.68 x 14.83 x 1.88 cm)
- Reading level 1400
- Library of Congress subjects Hindu women - Religious life, Vratas
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95-39811
- Dewey Decimal Code 294.544
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