Research on Hindu Women’s Renunciation Today: State of the Field

Religion Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1003-1014

  Khandelwal, Meena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 85050840811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2009.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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