Sacrificed Wife, Sacrificer's Wife: Women, Ritual, and Hospitality in Ancient India

Abstract

Part I: Introduction Part II: Sacrificed Wife/Sacrificer's Wife: The Mth of Manu's Cups Part III: The Wife in Ritual A: The Wife and Other Ritual Actors B: Situating the Wife in Ritual C: Sexuality and Fertility--Symbolic Representations D: Sexuality and Fertility--The Asvnamedha E: Sexuality and Fertility--Negative Representations F: Hospitality and Exchange Relations: The Soma Sacrifice Part IV: The Anxieties of Hospitality A: Introduction--Oghavati and Ahalya B: Hospitality and Hostly Perils C: Manu's Cups Revisited I: The Cow, the Wife and the Power of the Guest D: Manu's Cups Revisited II: The Vocabulary of Hospitality E: Exploited Guests and Reluctant Receivers Part V: Women and Marriage A: Marriage and Exchange B: Marriage by Capture C: Maidenly Self-Determination Part IV: Finale