History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c54.1818

v3.c54.1818

Women (see 'gotra', 'marriage'): and education, 365-368; and upanayana, 294-296; as composers of Vedic hymns, 365; as teachers, 366; by marriage enter husband's gotra, 463; charged in smṛtis with serious moral defects, 577–578; could become vānaprastha, 923; defence of women by Varāha, 579; dependence of, 577; deserve honour according to the ages of their husbands, 342; estimate of character of, 574–581; marriages of, performed with vedic mantras, 295; names of five holy women to be taken every morning, 648; not to be killed for any reason (except in one or two cases), 575, 593–594; not treated with contempt everywhere in Indian Literature, 511; position of, 574–578; position of, became assimilated to that of śūdras, 594; privileges of, 595-596; punishment of cutting the nose or ear for adultery by, 594; purification of, when raped, 575; rights of, to property increased in medieval times, 581–582; rules about showing honour to, 342–343; rules for women when in their monthly illness, 803–805; sarcastic references to, even in Vedic times, 368, 575, 576; sight of, in a dream, very auspicious, 511; women sages in tarpaṇa, 691; status of, as to education better in ancient times, 365–366; two classes of, 294; usages and unwritten dharma to be learnt from, 367; were assigned position of dependence, 367; were equated with śūdras 367–368; were to be taught certain vedic mantras, 300, 366–367; where women honoured gods love to dwell, according to Manu, 511; whether w. wore yajñopavīta, 294–296.