WOMEN STATUS IN MANUSAMHITA
Keywords:
varna-pratha, „Law book of Manu‟Abstract
During the initiation of Vedic civilization (5500 BCE, according to Balgangadhar Tilak) the society was more complex in respect of population increasing, varna-pratha, social division, work division and developed a society with people of varied status. To regulate this large society and their diverse people and its complexity a Law Book was essential. This demand, of proper management of society, gave birth to a set of rules and regulation through Manusamhita; that is the „Law book of Manu‟ which was written during 200 BC to 200 AD. It was not only a book of Hindu rules and rituals but is a source of vast geographical knowledge; being a mirror of the history. Manusamhita depicts the physical, social, cultural, political and folk-relations that existed in and after Vedic era through different laws. We study the past social environment to strengthen our backbone and thus make a concrete analysis of our present for contemporary social geography. Here researchers mainly highlighted the women status in his law-bookReferences
In this whole article some abbreviations have been used. The means of that: RV1=Rig Veda part one
RV2= Rig Veda part two
SV= Sama Veda
SYV= Sukla Yajur Veda
KYV= Krishna Yajur Veda
AV= Atharva Veda
In RV1 and RV2, 4|77|8 where:4 = „Mandala‟ or Phase
= „Sukti‟ or Incantation
= „Mantra‟ or Hymns.
In SYV, 2|10 where: 2 = „Addhaya
= „Mantra‟
In KYV, 1|2|14 where: 1=„Kanda‟
=„Prapathak
= „Mantra‟
In AV, 1|2|3|7 where:
= „Kanda‟
= „Anubak‟,
= „Sukti‟
=„Mantra‟.
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2016-03-31
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