...her own destruction. She should rise early, serving the gods, always keeping her house clean, tending the domestic sacred fire, eating only after the needs...Lord is woman's honour, it is her eternal heaven; and O Maheshvara," she adds, with a most touching human cry, " I desire not paradise itself if thou...

...and yet so sweetly human, answers : "The duties of woman are created in the rites of wedding, when in presence of the nuptial fire she becomes the associate...her Lord is woman's honour, it is her eternal heaven ; and O Mahesvara," she adds, with a most touching human cry, "I desire not paradise itself if thou...

...clean, serving the domestic sacred fire, eating only after the needs of Gods, guests and servants are satisfied, devoted to her father and mother and the...father and mother of her husband. Devotion to her lord, her husband, is woman's honor, her eternal heaven." And from the laws of Manu, which created an arbitrary...

...include being beautiful and gentle, considering her husband as her god and serving him as such . . . obedient even if commanded to unrighteous deeds or...mother of her husband. Devotion to her lord is woman's honor, it is her eternal heaven. Manu added: "The production of children, the nurture of those born,"...

...keeping her house clean, tending to the domestic sacred fire, eating only after the needs of her god and guests and servants have been satisfied, devoted...and mother of her husband. Devotion to her Lord is a woman's honor, it is her eternal heaven.148 These ideas of what constitute a woman's duties, though...

...her own destruction. She should rise early, serving the gods, always keeping her house clean, tending the domestic sacred fire, eating only after the needs...Lord is woman's honour, it is her eternal heaven; and O Maheshvara," she adds, with a most touching human cry, " I desire not paradise itself if thou...