Sanskrit Literature – Women in the Perspective of Society and Culture

Abstract

Women is a unique creation of God. Women are the main support of the world. It is said in Manu Smriti that Gad has separated his body into two parts and created half of his body as Woman and the other half as Man. He has also created great man through women.

"दधा कृवाहत्मनो दध्वर्धन पुरुषोऽमवत ।

अर्धन नारी तस्यां च विराजमसृजत् त्रेमुः ॥

To analyze what was the place of women in the society of the Vedic period and what material is available regarding it in the literature are necessary to consider different forms of women’s life that is of Daughter, Bride, Wife, Mother, etc.