Women in the Vedas and the Puranas: Empowered or Not? Dr. S.R.Ivaturi Reader in Sanskrit SRR & CVR Govt. College Vijayawada There has been a divided opinion regarding the position of women in the Vedic and Puranic ages. According to many scholars the Vedas accord a position of importance to women. There was considerable freedom enjoyed by them in matters of marriage‚ education etc. William Durant sums up the position of the Vedic woman thus: "Women enjoyed far greater freedom in the
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During the Sata Yug‚ the Kathmandu valley was a huge bowl of placid water‚ cradled by hills and mountains. The lake was home of the Naags‚ the serpent gods. Then one day a God descended to the lake and cleaved a pass through the mountains with his sword. The pass is called Kotwal‚ Kotbar or Kotpal. The water gushed out‚ emptying the lake and leaving behind a fertile valley. This valley would eventually be the site of not only kings but also great spiritual and religious activity for centuries to
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Unfortunately‚ I did not get to see all of the presentations about the gods‚ I was especially looking forward to learning about Durga. My presentation was about Sita and I got to learn quite a bit about her and her journey as a wife and mother. There are a couple different variations of her story‚ but they all involve the avatar of Vishnu‚ Lord Rama. Sita is the perfect wife‚ mother‚ and embodies all the favorable characteristics of women. I even have a friend who is Hindu and he told me a bit about her.
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THE MAHABHARATA A Chapter by Chapter summary of the great Indian epic‚ as an aid to finding passages within the original 18 Volumes. Written by Duncan Watson. 14-Dec-92 THE MAHABHARATA Translations by Kisari Mohan Ganguli and Pratap Chandra Roy. The Pratap Chandra Roy version published by Munshiram Monoharlal‚ New Delhi‚ India (Post Box 5715‚ 54 Rani Jhansi Road‚ New Delhi-55): Third edition‚ September 1972. Mahabharata was written down by the great sage Krishna Dvaipayana (Vyasa) about
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Hinduism is a very complex and intricate henotheistic religion. It is mainly practiced in India and came before all the other religions in India. The most important sacred text of Hinduism is called the Vedas. It consists of four Veda texts in which the other texts of Hinduism are based around. Hindus base their lives around the four goals. Hindus divide their scripture into two categories: Shruti and Smriti. The Shruti is the primary revelation which has no human or divine author but has
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||Om Sree Guru Devaya Namah|| About the Institution In the year 1973‚ the renowned Hindi magazine named ‘Kadambini’ had printed an interesting article about two sages from India. The article threw light upon the pious activities of the sages. It said that they spent most of their time in practising meditation. One of the sages chose Amarkantak‚ the king of pilgrimages as the meditation. Amarkantak region is a unique natural heritage area and the meeting point of the Vindhyas and the Satpuras
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womenofthemountains.org/files/Microsoft%20Word%20-%2007-0306-From-Dechenla-Sherpa-FINAL_DRAFT_DS_ICIMOD_Utah_Conference.pdf International Institute for Population Sciences. (1995). India National Family Health Survey. 1992-93. Jejeebhoy‚ Shireem J. Saumya Rama Rao. (1995). Unsafe Motherhood: A Review of Reproductive Health in Monica Das Gupta‚ Lincoln C. Chen and T.N. Krishnan‚ eds.‚ Women’s Health in India: Risk and Vulnerability‚ Bombay. MapXL Inc. and Future Years LLC. (2002). Women Education in India
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EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH‚ VOL. I‚ ISSUE 8/ NOVEMBER 2013 ISSN 2286-4822‚ www.euacademic.org IMPACT FACTOR: 0.485 (GIF) DRJI VALUE: 5.9 (B+) Mythic Interpretations using Sociological Perspectives in South Asian Literature: An Analysis of Girish Karnad ’s Naga Mandala INAM UL HAQ Institute of Social and Cultural Studies University of the Punjab‚ Lahore Pakistan Abstract: The article shall explore the interpretations of myth in Girish Karnad’s play‚ Naga Mandala (1987-88). The paper
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WOMEN IN ANCIENT INDIA The sub-continent of India is both diverse in its history and geography. It was not until the Mauryan Empire in the third century b.c.e. when most of India was brought together under one ruling dynasty. Before the Mauryans there was the ancient era known as the Indus Valley or Harappan civilization‚ and then the invasion and settlement of the Aryans along the Ganges River plain. The Ganges and Indus Rivers are known as the mother and father of India. Other rivers traverse
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EXISTENTIALIST FOCUS ON PROTAGONIST SITA - ANITA DESAI’S -WHERE SHALL WE GO THIS SUMMER ? The protagonist herself has an existential entity. Desai‚ has presented an intense identity crisis of the central character Sita‚ a sensitive woman in her late forties.Existentialism’ is a difficult term to define and an odd movement as many feel‚ but it not totally impossible to define. ‘Existentialists’‚ tend to take freedom of the will‚ the human power to do or not do‚ as absolutely obvious. Only now
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