Conjugal Love in India Ratisastra and Ratiramana
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2024
Manohar Publishers and Distributors (Verlag)
9789360806880 (ISBN)
Manohar Publishers and Distributors (Verlag)
9789360806880 (ISBN)
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With an introduction that situates the doctrine of conjugal love (ratisastra) and the texts that explain it in the history of brahminic scholasticism. This work will help to elucidate aspects of Indian history and culture in the medieval and modern periods, and will provide a good basis for comparative studies with similar themes in other cultures.
The purpose of Ratisastra was to provide instruction and advice to young Hindu couples before and after they cohabit as a couple. The desired outcome of lovemaking has always been, according to Hindu law and custom, the production of male issues. Conjugal love or ‘Ratisastra’ is the means to assure that auspicious result. Kenneth Zysk’s Conjugal Love in India is a study of traditional Hindu ideas about love in the domestic abode, and deals with the two principal Sanskrit treatises on the subject, Ratisastra and Ratiraman?a. These two works, leaving no stone unturned, cover every aspect of conjugal life, from the finding and selection of a suitable pair to procreation.
The purpose of Ratisastra was to provide instruction and advice to young Hindu couples before and after they cohabit as a couple. The desired outcome of lovemaking has always been, according to Hindu law and custom, the production of male issues. Conjugal love or ‘Ratisastra’ is the means to assure that auspicious result. Kenneth Zysk’s Conjugal Love in India is a study of traditional Hindu ideas about love in the domestic abode, and deals with the two principal Sanskrit treatises on the subject, Ratisastra and Ratiraman?a. These two works, leaving no stone unturned, cover every aspect of conjugal life, from the finding and selection of a suitable pair to procreation.
Kenneth G. Zysk, Ph.D., Australian National University, and Dphil., University of Oslo, is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Indology at Copenhagen University.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.05.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New Delhi |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 250 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus | |
| ISBN-13 | 9789360806880 / 9789360806880 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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