Dear Gaia and list members, I am not offering any evidence from the literature, rather would like to mention what I could observe and also was told within traditional communities in India that even if the male is a close relative, but not an inhabitant, as soon he enters the house, women disappear. Or if necessary in the case of a surprise visit, etc., they cover their whole head and of course their face with their pallu or dupatta. It was indicated to me indirectly that this behavior is used as a prevention to incest.
Edeltraud Harzer University of Texas at Austin > On Aug 2, 2023, at 2:41 AM, Gaia Pintucci via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear list members, > > I encountered the following statement: > kulāṅganā hi caramaṃ śāyinyaḥ prathamaṃ prabodhinyaś ca bhavanti > and it was marked with an iti. > (A variant wording has caramaśāyinyaḥ prathamāvabodhinyaś for caramaṃ > śāyinyaḥ prathamaṃ prabodhinyaś.) > Unfortunately my grepping yielded no result, therefore if someone among you > happens to know the source for this sentence or has a hunch of the type of > source which could include a similar statement, I would be very grateful to > hear from you. (I am thinking that dharmaśāstra might be the right place to > search for it, but it would be nice to first narrow down the range of texts > to examine.) > Beside that and regardless whether the above really is a verbatim quote or > not, do any of you know more about the prescription/usage, in the ancient > Indian context, that women, if they are respectable, wake up first and go to > bed last? > > All the best, > Gaia Pintucci > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected] https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
