[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938) › c19.s1.134 # The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.134 The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.134 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.134) Varāhamihira on women, 386-8. Vedas, study of, by women, 11-2, 238, 421; hymns in, by women, 12, 238; women permitted to chant Sāma hymns, 23; effects of the increase in the volume of, 238-9. \*Vikachchha sari\*, 347-9. \*Vratas\* and women, 245. - [Previous: c19.s1.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.133) - [Next: c19.s1.135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.135) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.134) · Pramāṇa