[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) › c8.55 # The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c8.55 The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c8.55 - **Language:** English ### [c8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c8.55) The apotheosis of the mother has reached a greater height in India than anywhere else. The son could never abandon his mother, even if she was boycotted socially and religiously. He was to respect her more than father². Of course, there are also passages which place the father and the preceptor higher than the mother (\*Manu\*, II, 145-6), but these are probably due to later sacerdotal influence. Eventually Hindu culture solved the problem of the relative superiority of these three by classing them all together as \*atigurus\* or supreme worthies (\*Vishṇu\*, 31,1-2). - [Previous: c8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c8.54) - [Next: c8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c8.56) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c8) ## Linked texts (2) - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c8.55) · Pramāṇa