RELG 353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Pandava, Swayamvara, Vrata
3 Nov 2016
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Which privilege the higher caste extension of thought that women should not be independent. The laws of manu: one source of brahminic gender ideology. Pativrata=sanskrit pati=lord (reference to husband here) vrata=vow or religious observance. Despite misogynistic overtones this was very influential text in brahminic ideology but again, doctrine does not mean practice. Chapter 8: differences between punishments for women of different castes. Chapter 5: discussion about the (cid:498)ideal socially acceptable woman(cid:499) (pativrata) Wife should constantly serve her husband even if he"s a horrible person. Applaud upper caste men"s access to lower caste women, but criminalize the (cid:498)corruption(cid:499) of upper caste girls by lower caste men. Chapter 9: language of guarding and protecting women"s sexuality . Concerns about (cid:498)corrupt(cid:499) women drinking, associating with (cid:498)sinful people(cid:499), being apart from one"s husband, (cid:498)wandering about(cid:499) Wife of he five pandava brothers polyandrous marriage fits with the brahminic gender ideology it"s more of an inversion. Swayamvara (cid:523)one"s own chosing(cid:524) marriage though draupadi didn"t mean to.
