Lynn Teskey Denton (1949-1995) was Assistant Professor of Religion at Concordia University and also taught at McMaster University.

Foreword
by Steven Collins

Introduction

1. The Religious Life of Woman-as-householder

2. The Woman Who Is Not a Householder: Widowhood, Unmarriageability, and Female Asceticism

3. Unity and Diversity I: Basic Terminology

4. Unity and Diversity II: Sectarian Affiliation, Spiritual Path, and Ascetic Mode

5. Socioreligious Aspects of Female Asceticism in Varanasi

6. Sainthood, Society, and Transcendence: Legends and Poetry of Women Saints

Notes

Glossary of Hindi and Sanskrit Terms

Bibliography

Supplemental Bibliography
by Meena Khandelwal

Index