The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c16.57

c16.57

The above passages no doubt express very fine and chivalrous ideas about women. There are, how-ever, a large number of passages in Sanskrit litera-ture, both religious and secular, which are of an opposite nature, and cast serious reflections upon women and their character. We shall now proceed to consider them, and try to find out what is their precise implication.