Question

Write here about "Rise and fall of Hindu Women"​

Answer 1

He points out that during the pre-Manu days women occupied a very high position

in the intellectual and social life of the country. That a woman was entitled to

upanayan is clear from the Atharva Veda where a girl is spoken of as being

eligible for marriage having finished her Brahmacharya. From the ShrautaShutras,

it is clear that women could repeat the Mantras of the Vedas. Panini’s

Ashtadhyayi Bears testimony to the fact that women attended Gurukal (College)

and studied the various Shakhas (sections) of the Vedas. Similarly, Patanjali’s

MahaBhasya shows that women were teachers and taught Vedas to girl students.

Women also entered into public discussion with men on various subjects like

religion, philosophy and metaphysics.