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posted in swamiindology.blogspot.com and tamilandvedas.com simultaneously.
Average hits per day for both the blogs 11,000.
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various sources; beware of copyright rules; don’t use them without permission;
this is a non- commercial, educational blog; posted in
swamiindology.blogspot.com and tamilandvedas.com simultaneously. Average hits
per day for both the blogs 11,000.
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MS RAMNIKA JALALI’S BOOK INDIAN WOMEN IN THE SMRITIS is a
good book. In 248 pages she has listed nearly 100 law books, what are called
Smritis in Sanskrit. She has compared the status of women in 37 important law
books and listed another 57 law books.
She has dealt with woman
As a girl
As a wife
As a mother
As a widow
As a prostitute
It is a balanced book and gives a long list of reference
books.
It is treasure house for researchers.
She has given the famous sloka of Manu smrti in the very
beginning:
Yatra naaryastu puujyante ramante tatra devataah
Yatretaastu na puujyante sarvaastatraaphalaah kriyaah
Manu 3-56
The deities delight in places where women are revered, but
where women are not revered all rites are fruitless – Manu 3-56
Here some pages from the book
Full list of Hindu Law Books called Smritis is in the book.
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