Table of Contents

Divine Dowager

by Narasingha P. Sil

	Preface	9
	Acknowlegments	13
	Chronology	15
.	A Note on Bengali Orthography and Calendar	19
1	Introduction	23
2	Saradaman's Early Life	34
3	Saradamani's Husband, the Married Celibate: Ramakrishna's Sexuality	41
4	Saradamani as Paramahasa's Wife and Widow: The Making of the Divine Mother	55
5	Saradamani's Divine Motherhood	71
6	Saradamani's Maternal Triumph	82
7.	Sarada's Formative Years: Travels and Tribulations of the Sanghajanani	88
8	Sarada: An Ideal for Modern Woman?	97
	Glossary	114
	Appendix A: Holy Mother's Logia: A Selection	118
	Appendix B: Select Biological Abstracts	122
	Notes	127
	Bibliography	141
	Index	152