Question

State the position of of women in the vedic period

Answer 1

Birth of a female child was unwelcome. ... In Later Vedic period, the position that the women folk enjoyed in the early Vedic society, was not retained. In Vedic society participation of wives was required in many rituals. It was thought that a widow had to perform a 'symbolic' self-immolation at the death of her husband.

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