The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s6.16
The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s6.16
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c2.s6.16
In what then consist the virtues of women in the Hindu ideal? ‘The strength of a king is power; the strength of a priest is holiness; but beauty, wealth, and youth are the strength of a woman—the greatest of all’ (xii. 321. 73). A sentiment found oftener is this, however, that ‘the strength of woman is obedience.’§
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- Mahābhārata — Sanskrit