The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c12.s1.6

c12.s1.6

The above rules betray that inherent air of superiority, which man usually finds it difficult to renounce with reference to women. Not all of them were, however, followed in practice; thus the theory that nuns could under no circumstances preach to monks did not stand in the way of Rājīmatī, the wife of Neminātha, in delivering a stirring sermon to her brother-in-law Rathanemi, when the latter had lost self-control under the influence of tempting circumstances (*Uttrādhyayanasūtra*, No. 22).