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What does Hindutva tells about women?

Hinduism culture about women

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  • 1 decade ago
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    'Yatra Naaryastu poojyante tathra ramante devatha'.--.Manu Smriti

    Where women are worshipped or respected there reside Gods.

    There are many more quotes and examples all over Hindu mythology but this quote should suffice...

  • 1 decade ago

    Hinduism urges women to wear Hijab like in Islam, A women asking Dr.zakir Naik same q as you asked, click link to get answer

  • 1 decade ago

    Masculine and feminine are 2 aspects of the para Brahman. A man is incomplete without a woman. So married men only can perform some religious ceremonies. A woman is to be respected and treated well. She should be protected all the time.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    we have hindu godesses ,you need to respect girls,,

    woman can take up any role in society,be a warrior a seductress ,but mixing with other cultures like

    abhrahmic( islam andjews ,christanity) cultures where women are treated as objects and weaker beings,some malices creapt into minds of hindu men too

    hinduism gives both men and women status of equality,

    hindu women dont need to waer burqua and stuff zakir naik is ignorant fool when he doesnt kw about his religion hes trying to poke nose in other religion

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  • 1 decade ago

    The role of women in Hinduism is often disputed, and positions range from equal status with men to restrictive.[1] Hinduism is based on numerous texts, some of which date back to 2000 BCE or earlier. They are varied in authority, authenticity, content and theme, with the most authoritative being the Vedas. The position of women in Hinduism is widely dependent on the specific text and the context. Positive references are made to the ideal woman in texts such as the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, while some texts such as the Manu Smriti advocate a restriction of women's rights. In modern times the Hindu wife has traditionally been regarded as someone who must at all costs remain chaste or pure.[2] This is in contrast with the very different traditions that have prevailed at earlier times in 'Hindu' kingdoms, which included highly respected professional courtesans (such as Amrapali of Vesali), sacred devadasis, mathematicians and female magicians (the basavis, the Tantric kulikas). Some European scholars observed in the nineteenth century Hindu women were "naturally chaste" and "more virtuous" than other women, although what exactly they meant by that is open to dispute. In any case, as male foreigners they would have been denied access to the secret and sacred spaces that women often inhabited.[3] Mahabharata and Manusmriti asserts that gods are delighted only when women are worshiped or honoured, otherwise all spiritual actions become futile.[4]

    here is a wide variety of viewpoints within the different schools and sects of Hinduism concerning the exact nature and gender (where applicable) of the Supreme person or being; there are even sects that are skeptical about the existence of such a being. Shaktism, for example, focuses worship on the goddess Devi as the supreme embodiment of power, or Shakti (feminine strength; a female form of God). Vaishnavism and Shaivism both worship Lakshmi with Vishnu and Parvati with Shiva respectively as beings on an equal level of magnitude (the male and female aspects of God). In some instances such as with Gaudiya Vaishnavism, specific emphasis is placed on the worship of God's female aspect (Radharani) even above that of her paramour Krishna. Thus it could be said that Hinduism considers God to have both male and female aspects, as the original source of both.

    Male deities (such as Shiva and Indra) are believed, in some traditions, to themselves offer worship to the Goddess, Durga:

    "O Parameshwari, (The supreme Goddess) who is praised by the husband of the daughter of Himalayas (Shri Shiva)..." "O Parameshwari, who is worshipped with true feelings by the husband of Indrani (Indra) please give us the spiritual personality, the victory, the glory and destroy our enemies."[5]

    Elsewhere Shiva and Vishnu are also described as possessing feminine qualities represented through their Ardhanarishvara and Mohini forms respectively. There have also been male devotees who have claimed to be incarnations of goddesses, such as Narayani Peedam and Bangaru Adigalar of Melmaruvathur, Tamil Nadu who claim to be forms or avataras of the goddess Narayani.[citation needed]

    Hindu feminists such as Phoolan Devi have also used the goddess Durga as their icon. Traditions which follow the advaita philosophy consider that ultimately the supreme being is formless without any particular gender, or is transcendental to such considerations. k.

  • 1 decade ago

    women r goddess in Hinduism

  • 1 decade ago

    see this video of an Spiritual Leader during inauguration of an ashram :

    http://bit.ly/dPktr4

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Sathi savithri,But men using like ATM,

  • 1 decade ago

    Same as Islam says; but in low tone.

  • 1 decade ago

    To be worshipped

    To be respected

    To be treated properlyy

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