The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c8.66

c8.66

There is no doubt that the average Hindu wife lived up to the ideal. Sītā voluntarily exiling herself in order to share her husband's afflictions and Gāndhārī refusing to use her eyes, lest she should enjoy a pleasure denied to her consort, are but typical examples of the average devoted Hindu wife. Hundreds and thousands of others have followed similar courses, but they were too humble in society to be known to history or tradition. The conjugal fidelity of the Hindu wife is proverbial. She has stood the most trying test. She has lived up to the ideal of Sītā and Sāvitrī.