ABSTRACT

First Published in 2005. This is book attempts to give a true and vivid account of the life of woman in ancient India, based upon the immense masses of material imbedded in the two great Epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana.

chapter Chapter I|53 pages

The Maid

chapter Chapter II|85 pages

Marriage

chapter Chapter III|7 pages

The Wedding

chapter Chapter IV|53 pages

Life in Marriage

chapter Chapter V|15 pages

Woman as Mother

chapter Chapter VI|15 pages

Woman in her Sexual Relations

chapter Chapter VII|29 pages

The Pleasures of Sex (surata)

chapter Chapter VIII|6 pages

The Continence of Man

chapter Chapter IX|13 pages

The Pleasures of Venal Love

chapter Chapter X|63 pages

Love

chapter |19 pages

Woman as Wife

chapter Chapter XII|32 pages

Woman as Child-bearer: The Origin of Man

chapter Chapter XIII|9 pages

Woman Lying-in

chapter Chapter XIV|6 pages

Woman in the House

chapter Chapter XV|13 pages

The Widow

chapter Chapter XVI|8 pages

Woman in Misfortune and in Sorrow

chapter Chapter XVII|9 pages

The Ideal Woman

chapter Chapter XVIII|28 pages

The Woman of Energy

chapter Chapter XIX|31 pages

Position, Rank, and Importance of Woman

chapter Chapter XX|12 pages

The Worth and Nature of Woman

chapter Chapter XXI|27 pages

Woman is a Chattel

chapter Chapter XXII|15 pages

The Power of Woman