[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) › c6.55 # The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c6.55 The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c6.55 - **Language:** English ### [c6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c6.55) ¹ शब्दार्थयोः समो गुंफः पांचाली वृत्तिरिष्यते । शीलभट्टारिकावाचि बाणोक्तिषु च या सदा ॥ सूक्तीनां स्मरकेलीनां कलानां च विलासभूः । प्रभुर्देवी कवी लाटी गतापि हृदि तिष्ठति ॥ सरस्वतीव कर्णाटी विजयांका जयत्यसौ । या वैदर्भंगिरां वासः कालिदासादनन्तरम् ॥ नीलोत्पलदलश्यामां विजयांकामजानता । वृथैव दण्डिनाप्युक्तं सर्वशुक्ला सरस्वती ॥ These verses are attributed to Rājaśekhara in the \*Sūktimuktāvalī\*. - [Previous: c6.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c6.54) - [Next: c6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c6.56) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c6.55) · Pramāṇa