Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1675
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1675
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Bhīṣma once told Dharmaputra that women were fickle-minded and the cause of evils. To explain his statement he pointed out to the conversation between Nārada and Pañcacūḍā. Nārada once conducted a world tour during the course of which he met Pañcacūḍā and asked her the characteristics of women. She replied thus : “Even beautiful, venerable and noble ladies would stoop to folly. It is not the habit of women to leave away charming men of wealth if they get them conveniently. Any woman can be tamed if you please her in the proper way. If women remain faithful to their husbands