For those who are familiar with Tamil Texts, ஆசாரக்கோவை (ācārakkōvai) and திருக்குறள் (tirukkuṟaḷ) would also be resourceful in this context.
Regards, rajam > On Aug 5, 2023, at 9:30 PM, Ulrich Timme Kragh via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Gaia and Indology List, > Concerning the statement that a wife should rise in the morning before her > husband, etc., have a look at the book by Julia Leslie, The Perfect Wife: The > Orthodox Hindu Woman according to the Strīdharmapaddhati of Tryambakayajvan > (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1989), p. 52. > > There Leslie discusses the point under the rule that "a woman should rise > before her husband does" (striyā bhartṛprabodhāt pūrvam eva prabodhavyam). > The author of that text, Tryambaka, attributes this rule to Yājñavalkya. > > Sincerely, Timme > Dr. Hab. Ulrich Timme Kragh > From: INDOLOGY <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Gaia Pintucci via > INDOLOGY <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 9:41 AM > To: Indology <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: [INDOLOGY] a statement about respectable women > > 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] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology>
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