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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and think? The state of objectivity will help one break the religious barriers and grasp the full message of the Gita. “The Bhagavad Gita is a small excerpt of the Mahabharata. The Mahabharata is the larger of two India epics‚ the other being the Ramayana. The period of their composition [was between] 500 B.C.E.- 500 C.E.”(Bhagavad Gita‚xi). During this period (500 B.C.E.- 500 C.E.) numerous things are going on in the continent of Asia. You have two major religions‚ Buddhism and Hinduism‚ competing
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Rationale: Stories and Storytellers " (Scheherazade) fashions her universe not through physical force‚ as does the king‚ but through imagination and reflection." -- Reading Lolita in Tehran‚ p.19 Azar Nafisi ’s Reading Lolita in Tehran is a source of inspiration and hope for many who are interested in teaching and discussing literature‚ especially as it pertains to the social and political power of women. Personally‚ this is one of those books I end up
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Introduction In a secular country like India where the constitution itself speaks of secularism and the freedom to practice any religion‚ an individual still believes in making a world of their own with superficial figures existing in fantasy. The research done tries to focus on Bollywood movies released especially during 1990-2010. It specifically studies about these movies focus on religion or supernatural existence. There are movies that speak of horror or supernatural beings and their presence
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literary journalism also fall under literature. Certain extremely technical writings such as those on logistics and mathematics are also believed to be a part of literature. Some of the great literary works like the Bible and Indian epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata‚ among others‚ provide society with the guiding principles of life. Ancient poetic works by poets like Homer‚ Plato‚ Sappho‚ Horace and Virgil‚ Shakespeare’s sonnets and notable poetry by W.B. Yeats‚ John Keats‚ Wordsworth‚ Tennyson
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the earliest known literary works. This Babylonian epic poem arises from stories in the Sumerian language. Although the Sumerian stories are older (probably dating to at least 2100 B.C.)‚ it was probably composed around 1900 BC. The epic deals with themes of heroism‚ friendship‚ loss‚ and the quest for eternal life. Different historical periods are reflected in literature. National and tribal sagas‚ accounts of the origin of the world and of customs‚ and myths which
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Tropical Africa and Asia (1200 – 1500) Ibn Battuta 1. Young Muslim scholar 2. Completed the pilgrimage to mecca 3. logged 75‚000 miles of travel in 29 years 4. Powerful states and commercial systems were only made possible by local farmers‚ fishermen and pastoralists Tropical Lands and Peoples The Tropical Environment 1. Africa lies almost entirely within the tropics‚ as do southern Arabia‚ most of India and all of the Southeast Asian mainland and islands 2. In the lands around
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was a child my parents taught me some of the basic values of life. As I grew up I learnt more about values from my friends and especially my teachers. But the story that completely changed the way I thought about values was the Indian Epic called Ramayana. Prince Rama was the eldest of four sons and was to become king when his father retired from ruling. His stepmother‚ however‚ wanted to see her son Bharata‚ Rama’s younger brother‚ become king. Remembering that the king had once promised to grant
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(from Virupaksha‚ the patron deity of the Vijayanagara rulers). [edit] History [pic] [pic] A Hindu temple naga decoration at Hampi. Hampi is identified with the historical Kishkindha‚ the Vanara (monkey) kingdom which finds mention in the Ramayana. The first historical settlements in Hampi date back to 1 CE. Hampi formed one of the cores of the capital of the Vijayanagara empire from 1336 to 1565‚ when it was finally laid siege to by the Deccan Muslim confederacy.[1] Hampi was chosen because
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Re: BSHF 101 question paper Answer any two questions in 500 words each. (DCQ) 1. Explain the terms ’Industrial’ and ’Post - industrial’ societies. 20 2. Does the Juvenile Justice Act take care of the problems of the orphaned‚ delinquent and destitute children? 20 3. Discuss some of the key issues of democracy in India. 20 4. What do you understand by the term ’human security’? Discuss. 20 Answer any four question in 250 words each. (MCQ) 5. Highlight key issues in modern administration
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