Women in Pre-Manu days were highly respected in India
Public disputation between
Janaka & Sulbha
Yajnavalkya & Gargi
Yajnavalkya & Maitrei
Shankaracharya & Vidyadhari
Shows that Indian women in pre-Manu’s time could rise to the highest pinnacle of learning and education
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Public disputation between
Janaka & Sulbha
Yajnavalkya & Gargi
Yajnavalkya & Maitrei
Shankaracharya & Vidyadhari
Shows that Indian women in pre-Manu’s time could rise to the highest pinnacle of learning and education
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The study of the Veda was forbidden to women by Manu as it was to the Shudra
II. 66. Even for a woman the performance of the Sanskaras are necessary and they should be performed. But they should be performed without uttering the Veda Mantras
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II. 66. Even for a woman the performance of the Sanskaras are necessary and they should be performed. But they should be performed without uttering the Veda Mantras
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IX. 18. Women have no right to study the Vedas. Their Sanskars are performed without Veda Mantras. Women have no knowledge of religion because they have no right to know the Vedas. As women cannot utter the Veda Mantras they are as unclean as untruth is
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Offering sacrifices according to Brahmanism formed the very soul of religion, yet Manu will not allow women to perform them
Manu ordains that:
XI. 36. A woman shall not perform the daily sacrifices prescribed by the Vedas.
XI. 37. If she does it she will go to hell
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Manu ordains that:
XI. 36. A woman shall not perform the daily sacrifices prescribed by the Vedas.
XI. 37. If she does it she will go to hell
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Manu prevents women from getting the aid and services of a Brahmin priest
IV. 205. A Brahman must never eat food given at a sacrifice performed by a woman
IV. 206. Sacrifices performed by women are inauspicious and not acceptable to God. They should therefore be avoided.
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IV. 205. A Brahman must never eat food given at a sacrifice performed by a woman
IV. 206. Sacrifices performed by women are inauspicious and not acceptable to God. They should therefore be avoided.
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Woman was not to have any intellectual pursuits nor free will, nor freedom of thought
She was not to join any heretical sect such as
Buddhism
If she continues to adhere to it till death she is not to be given the libation of water as is done in the case of all dead.
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She was not to join any heretical sect such as
Buddhism
If she continues to adhere to it till death she is not to be given the libation of water as is done in the case of all dead.
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