Originally posted by: bhanu_rekhag
Must say its a very sensitive topic... with so many questions but o answers...
as per my opinion the relationship between wife and husband is very different now when compared to puranas... so many rules are introduced n changed convinienly in a twisted way to benefit men...
How many people know the fact that a husband can't leave his wife even if she commit a biggest sin of adultery. ..but every one r likely to follow the rule that man can do anything to quench his sexual thtist but never questioned as if its his right but women r not spared even when they were sexually abused by such bas***ds...
so the rules at the vedic time can't b considered or to b followed in this worst society...but the sad part is we have to b part of tjis double standard society ...such cases can have solutions in shiws n stories but in reality they don't have any solution except for rare cases...
I don't know whether my comment is related to the story or not but I just wanna say thos as a part of my opinion. ..
sorry if its so out of topic. ..for wasting your time
Several female sages and seers are mentioned in the Upanishads, the philosophical part of the Vedas. Among them are Gargi and Maitreyi. In Sanskrit, the word achary means a "female teacher" (versus acharya meaning "teacher") and an acharyini is a teacher's wife, indicating that some women were known as gurus.The Harita Dharmasutra (of the Maitrayaniya school of Yajurveda) states there are two kind of women: sadhyavadhu who marry, and the brahmavaadini who are religious, wear the sacred thread, perform rituals like the agnihotra and read the Vedas. Women may graduate from the schools for Vedic priests.[6]
Female characters appear in plays and epic poems. The 8th century poet, Bhavabhuti describes in his play, Uttararamacharita (verse 2 - 3), how the character, Atreyi, travelled to southern India where she studied the Vedas and Indian philosophy. In Madhava's Shankaradigvijaya, Shankara debates with the female philosopher, Ubhaya Bharati and in verses 9 - 63 it is mentioned that she was well versed in the Vedas. Tirukkoneri Dasyai, a 15th-century scholar, wrote a commentary on Nammalvar's Tiruvaayamoli, with reference to Vedic texts such as the Taittiriya Yajurveda.
Another text, the Bhagavata Purana states that the Mahabharata was written specifically for women (and for men who were not in the priestly Brahmin caste):
Atharva 11.5.18
In this mantra of Brahmcharya Sukta, it is emphasized that girls too should train themselves as students and only then enter into married life. The Sukta specifically emphasizes that girls should receive the same level of training as boysYajur-Veda which says:
A young daughter who has observed Brahmacharya (i.e. finished her studies) should be married to a bridegroom who like her is learned. (Yajur-Veda VIII. 1)
"Women were held in higher respect in India than in other ancient countries, and the Epics and old literature of India assign a higher position to them than the epics and literature of ancient Greece. Hindu women enjoyed some rights of property from the Vedic Age, took a share in social and religious rites, and were sometimes distinguished by their learning. The absolute seclusion of women in India was unknown in ancient times." R. C. Dutt - The Civilisation of India
"Women enjoyed far greater freedom in the Vedic period than in later India. She had more to say in the choice of her mate than the forms of marriage might suggest. She appeared freely at feasts and dances, and joined with men in religious sacrifice. She could study, and like Gargi, engage in philosophical disputation. If she was left a widow there were no restrictions upon her remarriage." Will Durant - Story of Civilization: Our Oriental Heritage
"And it may be confidently asserted that in no nation of antiquity were women held in so much esteem as amongst the Hindus." Professor H. H. Wilson
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