...their bed, of their seat and of ornament, impure desires, wrath, dishonesty, malice and bad conduct." " For women no sacramental rite is performed with sacred...impure as falsehood itself, that is a fixed rule." — Manu ix., 14-18. Such is the opinion of Manu concerning all women ; and all men with more or less...

...father, in youth to her husband, when her lord is dead to her sons; a woman must never be independent. % Women must be honored and adorned by their fathers, brothers, husbands, and brothers-in-law, who desire...

...reverse. Here is a text from a lawgiver whose authority the majority regard as unquestioned : — " For women no sacramental rite is performed with sacred...destitute of the knowledge of Vedic texts, are as impiuv as BEJEWELLED HIGH-CASTE CHILD WIVES. (Soon to exchange school for "purdah."] falsehood itself;...

...proportion who are at School— ie, rather more than a third of One Million ! EMANCIPATION. >ANU says: " For women no sacramental rite is performed with sacred...impure, as falsehood itself, that is a fixed rule." What must be the moral effects on the nation of a religion based on such doctrines as this ? So long...

...mention. But what can be expected of the devotees to a religion inculcating the following principles 1 " For women no sacramental rite is performed with sacred...destitute of strength and destitute of the knowledge of Vedu texts, are as impure as falsehood itself; that is a fixed rule'' (Manu, ix. 18). The only sacrament...

...must be kept under one's control." Manu IX., 2. " For women no sacramental rite is performed with the sacred texts, thus the law is settled ; women who...impure as falsehood itself, that is a fixed rule." Manu IX., 14-18. " Though destitute of virtue or seeking pleasure elsewhere, or devoid of good qualities,...

...faithful wife. Day and night women must be kept in dependence by the males of their families. ' ' 2 " For women no sacramental rite is performed with sacred...is settled; women who are destitute of strength and of the knowledge of Vedic texts, are as impure as falsehood itself, that is a fixed rule. ' ' 3 " Stealing...

...rite is performed with sacred texts, thus the law is settled; women who are destitute of strength and of the knowledge of Vedic texts, are as impure as falsehood itself, that is a fixed rule."8 " Stealing grain, base metals, or cattle, . . . slaying women, Sudras, . . . and atheism, are...

...excludes girls and women. The Vedas were strictly forbidden to women. Manu 9:18 makes this quite clear. "For women no (sacramental) rite (is performed) with...impure as) falsehood (itself), that is a fixed rule." (Sacred Books of the East, v. 25. Law IV, paragraph 18.) Some hold that marriage, in the case of girls,...

...Vasista's text very agrees with it. But it may be that the text of Vasista also is wrongly re»i Manu : — Women who are destitute of strength and destitute...impure as) falsehood (itself) ; that is a fixed rule. IX. 1 8. Not brothers, nor fathers, (but) sons take the paternal estate ; but the father shall take...