[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v7.c92.65 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.65 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.65 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c92.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.65) ¹⁷⁰⁴ स्वेच्छाऋतुमती शक्तिः साक्षाद् ब्रह्म न संशयः। तस्मात्ता पूजयेद्भक्त्या वस्त्रालङ्कार-भोजनैरिति॥ स्त्रियो देवाः स्त्रियः प्राणा. स्त्रिय एव हि भूषणम्। स्त्रीणा निन्दा न कर्तव्या न च ताः क्रोधयेदपि ॥ इति। देवान् गुरून्सम्पूज्य वेदतन्त्रोक्तवर्त्मना। देवं स्मरन् पिबन् मद्य वेश्या गच्छन्न दोषभाक्॥ इति। सेवेदामत्सुखार्थं यो मद्यादिकमशास्त्रतः। स याति नरकं घोर नात्र कार्या विचारणा॥ य शास्त्रविधि ..परा गतिम्॥ इति। यावन्न चलते दृष्टियावन्न चलते मनः। तावत्पानं प्रकुर्वीत पशुपानामितःपरम्। ज्ञाते। जीवन्मुक्तः पिबेदेवमन्यथा पतितो भवेत्॥ इति। पारानन्द० pp. 16-17 sūtras 64, 65, 74-76, 80-81 Extravagant praise is bestowed on women in several tantras such as in Śaktisaṅgama-tantra, Kālikhaṇḍa 3 142-144 and Tārākhaṇḍa 13. 43-50 and in कौलावलीनिर्णय X. 88 The half verse 'स्त्रियो . भूषणम्' occurs in शक्तिसङ्घमतन्त्र, ताराखण्ड 23 10 The verse य. शास्त्र० is भगवद्गीता 16. 23 For यावन्न. परम् compare कुलार्णवतन्त्र VII. 97-98. The कुलार्णव states that every woman is born in the \*kula\* of the great Mother and so one should not beat a woman even with a flower even if she be guilty of a hundred misdeeds, one should not mind the faults of women and should make known only their good points (XI. 64-65). Vide also कौलावलीनिर्णय X. 66-69 - [Previous: v7.c92.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.64) - [Next: v7.c92.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.66) - [Up: v7.c92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92) ## Cites (5) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.16.23) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Śaktisaṅgamatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.mahavidya.saktisangama) — Sanskrit - [Kaulāvalīnirṇaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.trika.kaula.kaulavalinirnaya) — Jñānānanda Paramahaṃsa 1500, Sanskrit - [Kulārṇavatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.trika.kaula.kularnava) — Sanskrit - [Pārānandasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.kulacara.acarabhava.paranandasutra) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.65) · Pramāṇa