Jaya Sivaswami Tyagi
Biographic Data
| ID | 6591380 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jaya Sivaswami Tyagi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jaya Sivaswami |
| FAMILY NAME | Tyagi |
| SIGNATURE | TYAGI J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sri Venkateswara University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6052-1137 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sexuality in Traditional South Asian Systems of Thought and Belief
This chapter focusses on sexuality in South Asia. The first section traces representations from the prehistoric to early historic as depicted in material remains, in Vedic Brahmanical thought systems, and in the Dharmasastras and the Epic-Pura?a traditions. These emphasize reproduction and heteronormative sex between married couples as a sacral, ritual act. They also reveal a preoccupation with the body and the need to control desires. Sexual abs…
Conclusion
The conclusion shows how women are identified with their bodies in religious traditions; however, women negotiate the boundaries that are defined for them, constantly pushing them. In this endeavour, in polygynous societies, they compete amongst themselves and attempt to take up devout roles in order to gain more leverage. However, this can have dire social consequences as they end up underlining rites that are male centric; the role of the livin…
Contestation and Compliance
A study of the shifts in historical context of ritual observances from Vedic to Puranic traditions as well as women's identities
Organized Household Production and the Emergence of the Sangha
This article attempts to trace social transformations that can be detected through the comparative study of early textual representations—Brahmanical and Buddhist. A comparative study of the early Grhyasutras (800 BCE–400 BCE) with some of the earliest portions of the Vinaya texts (400–200 BCE) is interesting as one can pinpoint shifts and changes within these texts which show that seemingly innocuous social transitions in matters related to prod…
Hierarchical Projections of Women in the Household
Brahmanical Ideology on the Ritual Roles of the Grhapati and his Wife in the Grha
Brahmanical Ideology on the Ritual Roles of the Grhapati and his Wife in the Grha
Hierarchical Projections of Women in the Household
Organized Household Production and the Emergence of the Sangha
This article attempts to trace social transformations that can be detected through the comparative study of early textual representations—Brahmanical and Buddhist. A comparative study of the early Grhyasutras (800 BCE–400 BCE) with some of the earliest portions of the Vinaya texts (400–200 BCE) is interesting as one can pinpoint shifts and changes within these texts which show that seemingly innocuous social transitions in matters related to prod…
Conclusion
The conclusion shows how women are identified with their bodies in religious traditions; however, women negotiate the boundaries that are defined for them, constantly pushing them. In this endeavour, in polygynous societies, they compete amongst themselves and attempt to take up devout roles in order to gain more leverage. However, this can have dire social consequences as they end up underlining rites that are male centric; the role of the livin…
Contestation and Compliance
A study of the shifts in historical context of ritual observances from Vedic to Puranic traditions as well as women's identities
Sexuality in Traditional South Asian Systems of Thought and Belief
This chapter focusses on sexuality in South Asia. The first section traces representations from the prehistoric to early historic as depicted in material remains, in Vedic Brahmanical thought systems, and in the Dharmasastras and the Epic-Pura?a traditions. These emphasize reproduction and heteronormative sex between married couples as a sacral, ritual act. They also reveal a preoccupation with the body and the need to control desires. Sexual abs…
Indian and Buddhist Studies (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Ancient Near East History (2 works)