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Against high-caste polygamy : a colonial-era appeal to abolish Kulinism in Bengal
Bahubibāha rahita haoẏā ucita ki na. English.
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"Against High-Caste Polygamy offers a complete, annotated translation of Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar's first book arguing against the practice of high-caste Kulin marriage in Bengal. The translation i...
"Against High-Caste Polygamy offers a complete, annotated translation of Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar's first book arguing against the practice of high-caste Kulin marriage in Bengal. The translation is based on the text of the first edition of Bahuvivaha rahita haoya uchita ki na etadvishayaka vichara, published from the Sanskrit Press in 1871 (Samvat 1928); henceforth simply Bahuvivaha. I have relied on the version of the text as found in the second volume of Gopal Haldar's Vidyasagar-rachanasamgraha, as well as on a digitized version of the 1871 first edition available online"--
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- Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar ; translated by Brian A. Hatcher
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- English, Sanskrit, Bengali
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- New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]
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- xiv, 175 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 019767593X, 9780197675922, 9780197675939, 9780197675908, 0197675905, 0197675913, 9780197675915, 0197675921
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- on1371776402, on1389613386, on1371653496
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Text in English, includes quotations in Sanskrit and Bengali, romanized.
- Preface -- Note on the text and translation -- Introduction: Against High-Caste Polygamy: the English translation -- Notice Against High-Caste Polygamy -- Conclusion -- Appendices: Supplement One -- Supplement Two -- Conclusion to the Second Supplement -- Supporting evidence -- Glossary: English to Sanskrit/Bengali -- Glossary: Sanskrit/Bengali to English -- Bibliography -- Index
Subjects
- Non-monogamous relationship -- India.
- Non-monogamous relationship -- India -- West Bengal.
- Kulins -- Marriage customs and rites -- India -- West Bengal.
- Widows -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- India.
- Widows -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- India -- West Bengal.
- Polygamy -- Law and legislation -- India.
- Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.