The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c16.58

c16.58

The context clearly shows that many of the passages, where women in general have been decried, merely express the views of men in the throes of bitter disappointment. The exigencies of the situation are often responsible for such opinions, and they ought not to be taken at their face value. Thus a passage in the Ṛigveda declares that women are very fickle²; the speaker, however, is Purūravas, who was bitterly disappointed to find that his beloved Urvaśī had left him, because he was unable to keep the terms of the