Montag, 05.02.2007
Major: Sati
Major, Andrea (Hrsg.):
Sati : a historical anthology / ed. by Andrea Major. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2007. - ca. 510 S.
ISBN 0-19-567895-8 / 978-0-19-567895-6
Rs. 650,00
US$ 15,29 (Eastern Book Corp.)
US$ 17,00 (Biblia Impex)
Beschreibung
Sati, the burning of a Hindu widow on her husband' funeral pyre, has always been a sensational issue and a highly controversial act. 'Western' accounts of India since the fifteenth century, as well as the significance of sati's 'ethos', if not its actual practice, within Indian culture, have assured its place in the public eye for several centuries. This anthology explores some of the multiple meanings of sati by bringing together a wide range of both Indian and European historical sources on sati spanning many hundreds of years.
This anthology collects a wide selection of primary-source material, revealing a broad range of responses and attitudes, both Indian and foreign, on the concept and ritual of sati down the ages. Extracts from the Rig Veda and other Hindu scriptures, accounts by commentators as diverse as Battuta, Bernier, Pelsaert, Bentinck, Rammohan Roy, Sarojini Naidu and Gandhi, right up to feminist and other responses to the Deorala Sati of 1987, offer glimpses of the historical development of this rite, as well as the opinion, of travellers, colonizers, and today's thinkers thereon. The extensive introduction places the texts in perspective and guides the readers through a range of sources disparate in time and place.
Useful and enriching, he anthology delves into little-known aspects of sati and its abolition, such as the views of the Indian Princely States to the rite. Also included are accounts of a controversial sati that took place in Barh, Bihar, in 1927. such accounts shed new light on the history of sati. [Vom Buchumschlag]
Inhalt
Acknowledgments. xi
Preface. xii
Introduction. xv
I. SATI IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL INDIA. 1
1. Extracts on Sati from Hindu Texts. 3
- Rg Veda. 3
- The Institutes of Vishnu. 3
- Vedavyasasmriti. 4
- Angirasa. 4
- The Kadambari of Bana. 5
- Mahanirvana Tantra. 5
- Harita. 6
- The Ramayana of Valmiki. 6
- The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayna Vyasa. 8
2. Classical and Medieval Accounts. 11
- Early Greek Account. 11
- Harsacarita of Bana. 12
- The Travels of Ibn Battuta. 20
- Duarte Barbosa. 22
II. EARLY MODERN AND COLONIAL ACCOUNTS. 27
3. Early Modern Travellers. 29
- Francois Bernier. 29
- Nicollao Manucci. 29
- Albert de Mandelslo. 36
- Francisco Pelsaert. 42
4. The Eighteenth Century. 44
- John Zephaniah Holwell. 44
- Durlabh Ram. 51
- Eliza Fay. 53
- Tryambakayajvan. 54
5. The Nineteenth Century. 62
- The Times, 'Interesting Account of A Suttee'. 62
- The Time, 'Suttee'. 65
- Fanny Parks. 67
III. DEBATING ABOLITION (1805-30). 73
6. Missionaries and Philanthropists. 75
- Charles Grant. 75
- Reverend William Ward. 78
- Friend of India. 86
7. Official Debate. 97
- Parliamentary Papers. 97
- William Ewer. 99
- William Bentinck. 102
- Regulation against Sati. 115
8. Indian Opinions. 119
- Raja Rammohan Roy. 119
- Congratulatory Address. 144
- Petition of the Orthodox Community against the Sati Regulation. 147
IV. SATI IN THE PRINCELY STATES. 153
9. Accounts. 155
- James Tod. 155
- Sati at Edur. 163
- Sati in Ahmednuggar. 164
- Death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. 167
10. Official Policy. 172
- East India Company Board of Control. 172
- Major Thoresby. 175
- Lt. Col. Sir Henry Lawrence. 176
- Henry Bushby. 178
11. Indian Responses. 195
- Jaipur. 195
- Bundi. 196
- Kota. 198
V. SATI IN THE ERA OF NATIONALISM. 201
12. The Barh Sati, 1927. 203
- Police Report. 203
- Amrita Bazar Potrika. 207
- Judgment of chief Justice Courtney Terrell. 210
- Searchlight, 'The Sati Case'. 219
- Stri Dharma, 'Sati'. 225
13. British Ideas. 227
- The Times, 'The Abolition of Suttee'. 227
- Edward Thompson, Suttee. 228
14. Indian Attitudes. 239
- Bankimchandra Chattopadhyaya. 239
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. 239
- Ananda Coomaraswamy. 242
- A. S. Altekar. 263
VI. LITERARY REPRESENTATIONS. 289
15. Early Modern and Eighteenth-Century Fiction. 291
- Dryden, Aureng-Zebe. 291
- Starke, The Widow of Malabar. 293
16. Early Nineteenth-Century Fiction. 295
- 'The Suttee'. 295
- 'The Suttee'-A Poem. 299
- Derozio, 'On the Abolition of Suttee'. 305
17. Raj Fiction. 309
- Kipling, 'The Last Suttee' (Poem). 309
- Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days. 312
- Kaye, The Far Pavilions. 321
18. Indian Fiction. 337
- The Modern Review, 'The Suttee'. 337
- Naidu, 'The Suttee'. 352
VII. SATI IN CONTEMPORARY INDIA, ROOP KANWAR, AND BEYOND
19. Roop Kanwar. 355
- Manushi, 'The Burning of Roop Kanwar'. 355
- Hinduism Today, 'Uproar over Rajput Sati'. 372
- Oldenburg, 'The Roop Kanwar Case: Feminist Responses'. 375
- Nandy, 'Sati in Kali Yuga'. 408
20. Charan Shah. 432
- Manushi, 'Deadly Laws and Zealous Reformers'. 432
21. Secondary Sources. 452
- Thapar, 'In History'. 452
Herausgeberin
(von links: Andrea Major, Martin Menski. Bildquelle: British Association for South Asian Studies)
ANDREA MAJOR completed her doctorate at the University of Edinburgh in 2004 and is currently a Leverhulme Postdoctoral Research Fellow at that institution. Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh: Members page.
Quellen: Exotic India; Oxford University Press (India); Eastern Book Corp.; Biblia Impex.
Schlagwörter: Geschichte; Sati; Witwenverbrennung; Sozialgeschichte; Kolonialgeschichte
Von der Herausgeberin haben wir in Indologica bereits das folgende Werk erfaßt:
[04.07.2006] Major: Pious Flames
Sati : a historical anthology / ed. by Andrea Major. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2007. - ca. 510 S.
ISBN 0-19-567895-8 / 978-0-19-567895-6
Rs. 650,00
US$ 15,29 (Eastern Book Corp.)
US$ 17,00 (Biblia Impex)
Beschreibung
Sati, the burning of a Hindu widow on her husband' funeral pyre, has always been a sensational issue and a highly controversial act. 'Western' accounts of India since the fifteenth century, as well as the significance of sati's 'ethos', if not its actual practice, within Indian culture, have assured its place in the public eye for several centuries. This anthology explores some of the multiple meanings of sati by bringing together a wide range of both Indian and European historical sources on sati spanning many hundreds of years.
This anthology collects a wide selection of primary-source material, revealing a broad range of responses and attitudes, both Indian and foreign, on the concept and ritual of sati down the ages. Extracts from the Rig Veda and other Hindu scriptures, accounts by commentators as diverse as Battuta, Bernier, Pelsaert, Bentinck, Rammohan Roy, Sarojini Naidu and Gandhi, right up to feminist and other responses to the Deorala Sati of 1987, offer glimpses of the historical development of this rite, as well as the opinion, of travellers, colonizers, and today's thinkers thereon. The extensive introduction places the texts in perspective and guides the readers through a range of sources disparate in time and place.
Useful and enriching, he anthology delves into little-known aspects of sati and its abolition, such as the views of the Indian Princely States to the rite. Also included are accounts of a controversial sati that took place in Barh, Bihar, in 1927. such accounts shed new light on the history of sati. [Vom Buchumschlag]
Inhalt
Acknowledgments. xi
Preface. xii
Introduction. xv
I. SATI IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL INDIA. 1
1. Extracts on Sati from Hindu Texts. 3
- Rg Veda. 3
- The Institutes of Vishnu. 3
- Vedavyasasmriti. 4
- Angirasa. 4
- The Kadambari of Bana. 5
- Mahanirvana Tantra. 5
- Harita. 6
- The Ramayana of Valmiki. 6
- The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayna Vyasa. 8
2. Classical and Medieval Accounts. 11
- Early Greek Account. 11
- Harsacarita of Bana. 12
- The Travels of Ibn Battuta. 20
- Duarte Barbosa. 22
II. EARLY MODERN AND COLONIAL ACCOUNTS. 27
3. Early Modern Travellers. 29
- Francois Bernier. 29
- Nicollao Manucci. 29
- Albert de Mandelslo. 36
- Francisco Pelsaert. 42
4. The Eighteenth Century. 44
- John Zephaniah Holwell. 44
- Durlabh Ram. 51
- Eliza Fay. 53
- Tryambakayajvan. 54
5. The Nineteenth Century. 62
- The Times, 'Interesting Account of A Suttee'. 62
- The Time, 'Suttee'. 65
- Fanny Parks. 67
III. DEBATING ABOLITION (1805-30). 73
6. Missionaries and Philanthropists. 75
- Charles Grant. 75
- Reverend William Ward. 78
- Friend of India. 86
7. Official Debate. 97
- Parliamentary Papers. 97
- William Ewer. 99
- William Bentinck. 102
- Regulation against Sati. 115
8. Indian Opinions. 119
- Raja Rammohan Roy. 119
- Congratulatory Address. 144
- Petition of the Orthodox Community against the Sati Regulation. 147
IV. SATI IN THE PRINCELY STATES. 153
9. Accounts. 155
- James Tod. 155
- Sati at Edur. 163
- Sati in Ahmednuggar. 164
- Death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. 167
10. Official Policy. 172
- East India Company Board of Control. 172
- Major Thoresby. 175
- Lt. Col. Sir Henry Lawrence. 176
- Henry Bushby. 178
11. Indian Responses. 195
- Jaipur. 195
- Bundi. 196
- Kota. 198
V. SATI IN THE ERA OF NATIONALISM. 201
12. The Barh Sati, 1927. 203
- Police Report. 203
- Amrita Bazar Potrika. 207
- Judgment of chief Justice Courtney Terrell. 210
- Searchlight, 'The Sati Case'. 219
- Stri Dharma, 'Sati'. 225
13. British Ideas. 227
- The Times, 'The Abolition of Suttee'. 227
- Edward Thompson, Suttee. 228
14. Indian Attitudes. 239
- Bankimchandra Chattopadhyaya. 239
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. 239
- Ananda Coomaraswamy. 242
- A. S. Altekar. 263
VI. LITERARY REPRESENTATIONS. 289
15. Early Modern and Eighteenth-Century Fiction. 291
- Dryden, Aureng-Zebe. 291
- Starke, The Widow of Malabar. 293
16. Early Nineteenth-Century Fiction. 295
- 'The Suttee'. 295
- 'The Suttee'-A Poem. 299
- Derozio, 'On the Abolition of Suttee'. 305
17. Raj Fiction. 309
- Kipling, 'The Last Suttee' (Poem). 309
- Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days. 312
- Kaye, The Far Pavilions. 321
18. Indian Fiction. 337
- The Modern Review, 'The Suttee'. 337
- Naidu, 'The Suttee'. 352
VII. SATI IN CONTEMPORARY INDIA, ROOP KANWAR, AND BEYOND
19. Roop Kanwar. 355
- Manushi, 'The Burning of Roop Kanwar'. 355
- Hinduism Today, 'Uproar over Rajput Sati'. 372
- Oldenburg, 'The Roop Kanwar Case: Feminist Responses'. 375
- Nandy, 'Sati in Kali Yuga'. 408
20. Charan Shah. 432
- Manushi, 'Deadly Laws and Zealous Reformers'. 432
21. Secondary Sources. 452
- Thapar, 'In History'. 452
Herausgeberin
(von links: Andrea Major, Martin Menski. Bildquelle: British Association for South Asian Studies)
ANDREA MAJOR completed her doctorate at the University of Edinburgh in 2004 and is currently a Leverhulme Postdoctoral Research Fellow at that institution. Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh: Members page.
Quellen: Exotic India; Oxford University Press (India); Eastern Book Corp.; Biblia Impex.
Schlagwörter: Geschichte; Sati; Witwenverbrennung; Sozialgeschichte; Kolonialgeschichte
Von der Herausgeberin haben wir in Indologica bereits das folgende Werk erfaßt:
[04.07.2006] Major: Pious Flames
