[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) › c9.55 # The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c9.55 The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c9.55 - **Language:** English ### [c9.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c9.55) ¹ न म्रियेत समं भर्त्रा ब्राह्मणी ब्रह्मशासनात् । प्रव्रज्यागतिमाप्नोति मरणादात्मघातिनी ॥ नरोत्तम उवाचः-सर्वासामेव जातीनां ब्राह्मणः शस्य उच्यते। पुण्यं च द्विजमुख्येन अत्र किं वा विपर्ययः ॥ भगवानुवाचः-ब्राह्मण्याः साहसं कर्म नैव कार्यं कदाचन । निश्शेषेऽस्या वधं कृत्वा स नरो ब्रह्महा भवेत् ॥ \* Sṛishṭikhaṇḍa, 49, 72-3. - [Previous: c9.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c9.54) - [Next: c9.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c9.56) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c9.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c9.55) · Pramāṇa