The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c6.26

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² *cf.* **अवभृथमव यन्ति । परा स्थालीरस्यन्ति । उदायव्यानि हरन्ति । तस्मात्स्त्रियं जातां परास्यन्ति उत्पुमांसं हरन्ति ।** *T.S.*, VI, 5, 10; *M.S.*, IV, 6, 4. “They go to the final bath; they deposit pots (called *sthlaī*, the word being feminine in gender), but lift up vessels for *Vāyu* (called *graha*, the word being masculine in gender); therefore they keep a daughter by the side at birth, a son they lift up.”