![]() Wise men should not marry women who do not have a brother and whose parents are not socially well known.ħ. One should not marry women whose names are similar to constellations, trees, rivers, those from a low caste, mountains, birds, snakes, slaves or those whose names inspires terror.Ħ. One should not marry women who has have reddish hair, redundant parts of the body, one who is often sick, one without hair or having excessive hair and one who has red eyes.ĥ. Since carnal desire is always strong, it can lead to temptation.Ĥ. Wise people should avoid sitting alone with one’s mother, daughter or sister. Women, true to their class character, are capable of leading astray men in this world, not only a fool but even a learned and wise man. It is the nature of women to seduce men in this world for that reason the wise are never unguarded in the company of females.Ģ. Here are some of the ‘celebrated’ derogatory comments about women in the Manusmriti :ġ. While defending Manusmriti as divine code of conduct for all including women, apologists often quote the verse: “yatr naryasto pojyantay, ramantay tatr devta (where women are provided place of honor, gods are pleased and reside there in that household), but they deliberately forget all those verses that are full of prejudice, hatred and discrimination against women. Hindu apologists consider the Manusmriti as the divine code of conduct and, accordingly, the status of women as depicted in the text has been interpreted as Hindu divine law. It is presumed that the actual human author of this compilation used the eponym ‘Manu’, which has led the text to be associated by Hindus with the first human being and the first king in the Indian tradition.Īlthough no details of this eponymous author’s life are known, it is likely that he belonged to a conservative Brahman class somewhere in Northern India. The scripture consists of 2690 verses, divided into 12 chapters. ![]() According to Hindu mythology, the Manusmriti is the word of Brahma, and it is classified as the most authoritative statement on Dharma. ![]() ![]() The Manusmriti also known as Manav Dharam Shastra, is the earliest metrical work on Brahminical Dharma in Hinduism. ![]()
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