 | William Ward - 1818 - Liczba stron: 738
...an old man than life itself; but a young wife never loves an old man ; she merely waits upon hi in, and considers him a nauseous draught. Women never...learned. The poor, though possessing friends, power and learning, are despised. . As milk taken by a serpent is soon changed into poison, so, though a... | |
 | 1835 - Liczba stron: 642
...there is but a poor prospect of comfort for females after marriage. Asa Hindoo writer has said ; " A woman can never be independent; in childhood she...youth, to her- husband, and in old age to her sons." The women are kept in such a state of ignorance, that passive endurance with the Hindoo wife is both... | |
 | 1836 - Liczba stron: 412
...then may be observed among some of the lower and more profligate classes. A Hindoo writer has said, " A woman can never be independent ; in childhood she...youth to her husband, and in old age to her sons." This is literally true. It is indeed pitiful to see women, often lovely beyond what conception can... | |
 | 1908 - Liczba stron: 766
...the famous -stanza, borrowed from the Mahabharata, (Anucasana, xlvi, 14): "In childhood, woman should be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, and in old age to her sons if her husband be dead. She should never be her own mistress." Buddha did not at first admit women... | |
 | Frank Pierrepont Graves - 1909 - Liczba stron: 332
...comfort and pleasure of man, and to bear children. The ancient laws tell us : " In childhood, a female must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, and in widowhood to her sons ; a woman must never be independent. Though destitute of virtue, or seeking pleasure... | |
 | Clementina Butler - 1922 - Liczba stron: 120
...even by an aged one, nothing must be done independently even in her own house. " In childhood a female must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, and when her lord is dead, to her sons ; a woman must never be independent. " Though destitute of virtue,... | |
 | Judith Lynne Hanna - 1988 - Liczba stron: 372
...subordinate to the men closest to her. Manu, male codifier of ancient law, specified that in childhood woman must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, and when her lord is dead, to her sons. A woman must never be independent. Nonetheless, Hinduism recognizes... | |
 | Peter Coleridge - 1993 - Liczba stron: 260
...emphasising women's inferior status. Thus Manu, a famous law-giver of c. 200 BC: 'In childhood a woman must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, and, when her lord is dead, to her sons. A woman must never be independent.'8 Most women in India, especially... | |
 | Richard Symonds - 1993 - Liczba stron: 316
...began by describing the hateful sentiments about women in the Laws of Manu - how in childhood a woman must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, and then to her sons after he was dead. She explained how 'though destitute of virtue, or seeking pleasure... | |
 | U.S. Goswami - 1993 - Liczba stron: 142
...will and she was expressly denied her right to Independence and individuality. 'In childhood a woman must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband; and where lord is dead, to her sons, a woman must never be independent', so says the Hindu law giver. The... | |
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In childhood a woman must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, and when her lord is dead, to her sons. A woman must never be independent. 
