On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 12:11 PM Asko Parpola <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Paolo, > > Below are some further references regarding your request: > > - Bhattacharyya, N. N. (1996). Ancient Indian Rituals and Their Social > Contents (2nd revised and enlarged ed.). New Delhi: Manohar. Includes > studies on the menstrual rites of ancient India and the cults and rituals > of fertility. > - Chawla, Janet (1992). "The Rig Vedic slaying of Vrtra: Menstruation > taboos in mythology." Manushi, vol. 68. > - Eichinger Ferro-Luzzi, Gabriella (1973). "Food avoidances at puberty and > menstruation in Tamilnad: An anthropological study." Ecology of Food and > Nutrition, 2: 165-172. > - Eichinger Ferro-Luzzi, Gabriella (1974). "Women's pollution periods in > Tamilnad (India)." Anthropos, 69: 113-161. > - Eichinger Ferro-Luzzi, Gabriella (1975). "Temporary female food > avoidances in Tamilnad: Interpretations and parallels." East and West NS, > 25 (3-4): 471-485. > - Flueckiger, Joyce Burkhalter (2013). "Menstruating goddess." RISA-list > (11 Oct 2013). Discusses Raja parba/sankranti in Orissa and relates to > themes in When the World Becomes Female: Guises of a South Indian Goddess > (2013). > - Johansen, Sundari (2013). "Goddesses." RISA-list (11 Oct 2013). > Discusses Kamakhya and the Kalikapurana account of the birth of Naraka. > - Leslie, Julia (1994). "Some traditional Indian views on menstruation and > female sexuality." In Porter, R. & Teich, M. (eds.), Sexual Knowledge, > Sexual Science: The History of Attitudes to Sexuality (pp. 63-81). > Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. > - Salomon, Richard (1984). "Legal and symbolic significance of the > 'menstrual pollution' of rivers." In Lariviere, R. W. (ed.), Studies in > Dharmaśāstra (pp. 153-178). Calcutta: Firma K.L. Mukhyopadhyay Private > Limited. > - Sridhar, Nithin, 2019. Menstruation across cultures. Vitasta Publishing > Pvt. Ltd. 362 pp. > - Timalsina, Sthaneshwar, 2014. Menstruation* in Hinduism. [Women* > Pollution*] On RISA-list 19 July 2014: A Nepalese novel, Sumnima, > epitomizes all the narratives woven around menstruation. The author, B. P. > Koirala, is one of the best known names in Nepal for both his literary > works as well as his leadership. Although a fiction, the text is sapped > with philosophical and Dharmashastric discourse. > > > Best regards, > > Asko Parpola > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 12:48 AM Paolo E. Rosati via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> If anyone has access to the following articles, I would appreciate it if >> you could share them with me: >> >> Samanta, Suchitra. 1992. “Maugalmayma, Sumangala, Mangal: Bengali >> Perceptions of the Divine Feminine, Motherhood and ‘Auspiciousness.’” >> *Contributions >> to Indian Sociology* 26(1):51–75. >> >> Apffel-Marglin, Frédérique and Dennis Hudson. 2002. “Who has the >> Potency?” *Journal of Vaishnava Studies* Vol. 10 (2):111–121 >> >> Apffel-Marglin, Frédérique.1992.“Women’s Blood: Challenging the Discourse >> of Development.” *The Ecologist* 22(1):22–32 >> >> Chawla, Janet. 1994. “Mythic Origins of Menstrual Taboo in Rig Veda.” >> Economic and Political Weekly (October 22):2817–2827. >> >> Gillespie, George. 1984. “A Myth of the Goddess Kamakhya.” *India >> Cultures* 39(2):1–22 >> >> Any additional recommendation for studies on menstrual blood and/or >> menstrual festivals in India would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Sincerely, >> Paolo >> >> >> -- >> *Paolo E. Rosati* >> >> *PhD in Asian and African Studies* >> *https://uniroma1.academia.edu/paolo >> <https://uniroma1.academia.edu/PaoloRosati/>**er* >> *osati/ <https://uniroma1.academia.edu/PaoloRosati/>* >> https://orcid.org/0000-0001-81430026 >> <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-81430026> >> [email protected] >> Mobile/Whatsapp: (+39) 338 73 83 472 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> > > > -- > Asko Parpola, [email protected] > http://www.helsinki.academia.edu/AskoParpola > > -- Asko Parpola, [email protected] http://www.helsinki.academia.edu/AskoParpola
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