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पित्रा भर्त्रा सुतैर्वापि नेच्छेद्विरहं आत्मनः ।
एषां हि विरहेण स्त्री गर्ह्ये कुर्यादुभे कुले ।।
- मनुस्मृति 5/149

पण्डित चन्द्रमणि विद्यालंकार :
कन्या या स्त्री को चाहिए कि वह पिता, पति व पुत्रों से पृथक् रहने की इच्छा न करे। क्योंकि इन से पृथक् रहने से स्त्री पितृकुल व
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पतिकुल, दोनों कुलों को कलङ्कित कर सकती है।

पण्डित राजवीर शास्त्री जी :
कोई भी स्त्री पिता, पति अथवा पुत्रों से अपना बिछोह - अलग रहने की इच्छा न करे क्यों कि इनसे अलग रहने से यह आशंका रहती है कि कभी कोई ऐसी बात न हो जाये जिससे दोनों - पिता तथा पति के कुलों की निन्दा या
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बदनामी हो जाये । अभिप्राय यह है कि स्त्री को सर्वदा पुरूष की सहायता अपेक्षित रखनी चाहिए, उसके बिना उसकी असुरक्षा की आशंका बनी रहती है ।

#Feminism #Women #ManuSmriti
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'Is there a chance of compromise?': Gujarat High Court orally remarks in the plea filed by the father of a Rape Survivor Minor seeking termination of her 29-week pregnancy.

HC directs for the production of the POCSO accused from the Jail to explore 'possibilities'.

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When the counsel for the State pointed out that the last time something was said by the Court (#Manusmriti remark) in good faith was taken otherwise.

Justice Samir J. Dave: Judge must be like 'sthita prajña' as per Bhagavad Gita. Praise or criticism should be ignored. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Justice Samir J. Dave: "If the accused is behind the bar, let me call and ask him. Let me ascertain from him. As of now, I am not disclosing what is there in my mind. There are many government schemes."

#GujaratHighCourt twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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🧵Thread on Manusmriti and women

#Manusmriti #मनुस्मृती
(i) Manusmriti On Nature of women :

2.213 "It is the very nature of women to corrupt men. It is for this reason that the wise are never unguarded regarding women."

Exactly same is mentioned in Mahabharata Anusasana Parva /48.47-48
Manusmriti 9.18 "Manu assigned to women sleep, sitting, ornament, lust, anger, dishonesty, malice and bad conduct."
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1. Is #Manusmriti anti-women? It is often posited as such & one of the reasons given is that it states 'women do not deserve independence' which is interpreted as women being oppressed through repression of life choices especially in matters related to Artha & Kama.
But is it even a correct interpretation? Is Artha & Kama even the context in which the said verses are mentioned? How can Manu praise women at one place, and then repress them at another? What is the true teachings of ##Manusmriti on Stree-dharma?
Decoding Manusmṛti: Some Pointers To Make Sense Of Dharmaśāstra Texts
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Why Maligned and Defamed?   Scripture older than 200 BC which is orated in chaste Sanskrit following truthful  impeccability of Panini “Asthadhyayi “ should have been matter of splendid inheritance and pride of intellectual competence for any civilization.
@THinduz
Yet, the discourse around Manu Smriti is based on rejection and repudiation on some fallacious imagination. Narratives have been manufactured about its anti-women right and anti-weaker Caste right.  How it all started and who conspired to take it forward?
A painful yet factual truth which exists and the masses do not know is that we do not have an original copy of Manu Smriti today in our library. Infact we have today more than 50 manuscripts of Manu Smriti today and each claiming to be original and oldest.
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For some in India, today is Christmas day, and for a few, it's tulsi poojan, which, of course, has a very bogus religious logic. But for us, this is #Manusmritidahandiwas. On this day in 1927, #BabaSaheb and his companions burned Manu smriti during the days of
#mahadsatyagarha. This is one of the main events of the fight of dalit struggle against the evil brahminical system. Let's remember this event proudly.
Upper caste savarana made all effort so that Dr. Ambedkar would not get land for the event. But a Muslim gentleman named
Fatte khan gave his private land for the event. Volunteers have to take a resolution on 5 points.

1. I don't believe in the varna system.

2. I don't believe in the caste system.

3. I believe untouchability is a curse to the Hindu religion, and I will honestly try to end this
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@THinduz
Understanding Manu Smriti-I: Women and Freedom
The much touted verse of misogyny in Manusmriti, actually has nothing anti-women in it.
ता रक्षति कौमारे भर्ता रक्षति यौवने ।
रक्षन्ति स्थाविरे पुत्राः न स्त्री स्वातन्त्र्यमर्हति ।। (Manu Smriti.9.3).
Almost everybody knows this verse from Manu Smriti for its misinterpreted meaning. This verse, which is often explained as denying women independence, has been touted as the ultimate proof of misogyny in Hinduism.
Yet, a thorough reading of the verse will reveal how the true import of the verse has been twisted and misinterpreted.
Let us now try to understand the true import of the verse.
First, the context.
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MahaRishi Manu, a Kshatriya King, hailing from the Solar Dynasty and an ancestor of Prabhu Shri Rama has been vilified by the Marxist, Jihadi anti Hindu ''historians'' as a ''Brahman who created the most casteist as well as anti Dalit anti women'' laws ~ 1
Laws in his #Manusmriti that was written and compiled tens of thousands of years ago to '' establish Brahman hegemony'' over the ''lower castes''.
The fact is none of this is the truth. Majority of Hindus do not understand Sanskrit nor they have ever bothered to study
A line of these ancient scriptures so to counter the fake narrative of the Leftists and Jihadis and so called western scholars like Wendy Donniger, Audrey Truschke, who have continue to spew venom at Hindus and Hinduism and have interpolated our scriptures with false verses.
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1/n "India that is Bharat..."

Today what stands as the "Nation-State" is the root of great civilization of (or called) "Bharat".

If the places are mapped as in Mahabharata, it appeared as giant as this bordered by Persia & China.
2/n Any logical person would understand with such gigantic size came terrific diversity in form of geography, hence climate and hence Society.

What would be "right"in a region might be incorrect somewhere else.

Clothing & food can be a perfect eg to begin to understand nuances.
3/n Rightly so, it is observed by scholars that there were perhaps around a hundred Dharmaśāstras (History of the Dharmaśāstras Vol. 1, by PV Kane).

The constant thing among all was "Dharma" that bound the diversity of civilizations together without imposing own Smriti on other.
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#Bharat #भारत the Civilisation already had a well formed #Democracy

State was accountable to the civil society.
Election also was on merits. Minimum voting was 2 state based on issues raised by the civil society and expert opinion.
@SadhguruJV @RSSorg @HinduEcosystem Image
TIP of the Day -

READ #𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗦𝗺𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗸𝗿𝗶𝘁 in 𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗰𝗵 with 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 & 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀.

No isms, No bias, Just a 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 guide for 𝗖𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆.

@SadhguruJV @RSSorg @SriSri
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Is Manusmriti against women as it is portrayed?

क्या मनुस्मृति महिलाओं के खिलाफ़ है??

Read in this thread!

#manusmriti #books
Security measures for physical and social conditions:
Chapter 8 Shlok 351
Chapter 8 Shlok 363
Chapter 8 Shlok 72
Chapter 8 Shlok 28, 29
Chapter 9 Shlok 174
Chapter 8 Shlok 224
Chapter 9 Shlok 358
Chapter 8 Shlok 378
Rights of women on property:
Chapter 9 Shlok 29, 30
Chapter 9 Shlok 191, 192, 193
Chapter 9 Shlok 178
Chapter 9 Shlok 117
Chapter 3 Shlok 52
Chapter 8 Shlok 28
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Yesterday, @rohanreplies & his fellow classless Chamchas trolled me on this.

But I say this again - Dr. Ambedkar did refer the ‘#Manusmriti’ in drafting the ‘most significant legislation’ in the Constituent Assembly.

Let us look at the reference. It is quite interesting.

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Section III of Vol.14 of ‘Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches’ describes -

Dr.Ambedkar’s remarks during the ‘Discussion on 🔸The Hindu Code🔸After Return of the Bill from The Select Committee.

According to Dr. Ambedkar, this is the signicance of the #HinduCode 👇🏼

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“There is no doubt that the two Smritikars whom I have mentioned— Yagnavalkya and Manu, rank the highest among the 137 who had tried their hands in framing Smritis.”

- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, the then Law Minister of India to the Constituent Assembly in February 1949.

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It's not 'good governance day'. It's #ManusmritiDahanDivas'.

I bet, a lot many Indians are not aware about the same. During the Mahad Satyagraha, Dr Ambedkar bravely showed #Manusmriti its place.
Mahad Satyagraha was a fight to assert the Dalits’ right to access "public water", and to embrace humanity and dignity.

For Dr Ambedkar—a staunch advocate of women’s rights and emancipation—it was a political action to burn #Manusmriti publicly.

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On December 25, 1927, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar burned #Manusmriti as a symbol of rejection of the religious basis of #untouchability.

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#Manusmriti
agniveer.com/manu-smriti-an…
#மனுஸ்ம்ரிதி இந்துப் பெண்களை இழிவு படுத்துவதாக கூறும் நயவஞ்சக #திருமாவளவன் அதுக்கு ஒத்து ஊதும் #ஸ்டாலின் உண்மையில் மனு ஸ்ம்ரிதி என்ன சொல்கிறது என்று நமக்குத் தெரியாது என்ற நம்பிக்கையில் விளையாடுகிறார்கள். அதுவே அவர்களுக்கு வினையாகப் போகிறது!
அசல் மனு ஸ்மிருதியை நாம் மதிப்பாய்வு செய்தால், பெண்களுக்கு இதை விட உயரிய மரியாதை மற்றும் உரிமைகளை அளிக்கும் வேறு எந்த உரையும் (வேதங்களைத் தவிர) உலகில் இல்லை என்பது தெரியவரும். நவீன பெண்ணிய புத்தகங்கள் கூட மனு ஸ்மிருதிக்கு இணையாக வர மேலும் திருத்தங்களை செய்யவேண்டியிருக்கும். மனு
ஸ்ம்ருதியில் பெண்களை பற்றி இப்படி தான் கூறப்பட்டிருக்கிறது.

மனு ஸ்மிருதி 3-56
யத்ர நார்யாஸ்து பூஜ்யந்தே ரமந்தே தத்ர தேவதா
யத்ரைதாஸ்து ந பூஜ்யந்தே ஸர்வாஸ்தத்ர அபலா க்ரியா

பெண்கள் எங்கே மதிக்கப்படுகிறார்களோ, அங்கே இறைவன் குடியிருந்து அருள்புரிவான். பெண்கள் எங்கே அவமதிக்கப்
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I have been so fed up with many Hindus propagating misinformation about #Manusmriti saying nobody has access to the authentic text, or that it was fabricated by British, etc, I thought it is a good idea to take a picture of printed books of Manusmriti I have with me.
Here is a link to Manusmriti with six commentaries all in Sanskrit. The commentaries included are: Medatithi, Sarvajna-Narayana, Kulluka, Raghavananda, Nandana, & Ramachandra, most of them lived before the British even set foot on India- archive.org/details/manusm…
Here is a link to Manusmriti (Moola verses) with English translation of Medatithi's commentary, translated by Ganganath Jha- wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/…
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Why people, even Brahmins hate Manusmriti? Have they even read it?
So I decided let me start posting it here. Lets see how it goes. #ManuSmriti
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मनुमेकाग्रमासीनमभिगम्य महर्षयः ।
प्रतिपूज्य यथान्यायमिदं वचनमब्रुवन् ॥ १ ॥

The Great Sages, having approached Manu, paid their respect to him in due form, and finding him seated with mind calm and collected, addressed him these words.
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Caste In #Hindutva (1/a)
There was No caste system in Sanatan Hindu till Islamic Rule.
All the Scriptures including #Manusmriti upheld "Varna" not the Caste. Next time Any left, Islamic-Xtian Sponsored Intellect say about the Caste, slap this thread on his/her face.
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Caste In #Hindutva (1/b)
No where in Vedas mentioned "Caste" according to one's Birth {sic}
If "Varna" is static then there must not be any "code of conducts" for certain Varna. BUT there are code of conducts for 4 Varnas and the Varna Position is "Dynamic"
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Caste In #Hindutva (1/c)
In #Manusmriti the 2nd chapter sloka 37, 40, 103, 168; 4th chapter 258 Even In #SrimadBhagwatGita it clearly mentioned there no superiority & Inferiority according to their BIRTH.
(Contd...)
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What is Dharma? - Universal Nature of Reality
What is Religion? - Belief & worship of divine power

@RSS4India @SadhguruJV @AnupamPKher @DrMohanBhagwat @Swamy39 @HinduDharma1
Since Sanatan Dharma is based on scientific concepts, it does not get into rhetorics, bias & isms

@RSS4India @SadhguruJV @AnupamPKher @DrMohanBhagwat @Swamy39 @HinduDharma1
India is a subcontinent which has been in existence since last 100 million years.

It's like South America, Australia, etc, which was split from the super continent Gondwana!

Traces of Humanity have been found in India since more than 10 million years

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_su…
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#Manusmriti
Varna vyavastha practiced upto the Mahabharta period:

Manu’s social system all people had equal rights to join any of the varnas according to their merits nd vocations, irrespective of their parents profession.

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System continued from Rigvedic period until Mahabharata(Geeta) period, Geeta clearly says:

चातुर्वर्ण्यंमयासृष्टंगुणकर्मविभागशः।(4-13)

The chaturvaranya (the four-class system) has been created on the basis of people’s vocations nd merits nd not on their birth nd parentage.
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The whole community acquiring a new varna:

Besides individuals we also come across examples of a whole community or a large part of it leaving its earlier varna and acquiring a new one.
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Caste Based Reservation in India Started in 2nd Century BC. In #Manusmriti - the law book of Brahmins all the laws were based on #Caste and no Merit was ever considered. It divided people into High & Low Castes on the basis of their birth and not on the basis of Merit.
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Wealth, Political power, Spiritual leadership, Education, Ownership of Land, Trade and all lucrative aspects were reserved purely to the higher castes. This system of caste based discrimination entrenched in day today social life since ages.
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#Manusmriti

|| धर्म और अधर्म ||

व्याकरण के नियमानुसार मनुष्य अथवा चराचर सब वस्तुमात्र जिसको धारण करते हैं, वह धर्म है।
यह धर्म का शाब्दिक अर्थ है।

धर्मशब्द सुखहेतु गुण, कर्म वा द्रव्य का वाचक अभीष्ट है, किन्तु दुःखहेतु गुणादि का वाचक नहीं।
जहाँ दुःख का हेतु धर्मशब्द आता है, वहाँ उसमें नञ् अव्यय संयुक्त करके अधर्म कहते हैं।
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यजुर्वेद के ३१वें अध्याय में ‘यज्ञेन यज्ञमयजन्त देवास्तानि धर्माणि प्रथमान्यासन्॰’ यहाँ धर्मशब्द कर्म का पर्याय वाचक है।
#मनुस्मृति में धर्म

महर्षि मनु ने विश्व के आदि मानव धर्मशास्त्र में धर्म की महिमा और धर्म व अधर्म के लक्षणों के विषय मे लिखा हैं।
महर्षिमनु के अनुसार धर्म के दस लक्षण इस प्रकार हैं:

धृति: क्षमा दमोअस्तेयं शोचं इन्द्रिय निग्रह:।
धीर्विद्या सत्यमक्रोधो दशकं धर्म लक्षणं।। (६/९)
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#Manusmriti Change of Varna:

Examples in history:

Hundreds of examples from Bharatiya history can be cited in support of the fact that Varna Vyavastha is based on an individual’s vocation andaction, and has nothing to do with his birth.
1. Aiterya Rishi was the son of Das. But he became a "उच्च कोटि" Brahmin and composed Aiterya Brahmana and Aiterya Upanishad.
Aiterya Brahman Grantha is considered to be very important to understand the Rigveda.
2. Raja Vishvamitra who- was born of Kshatriya parents became a Brahmarshi.
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#thread: The position of women in the #Manusmriti

Women are held in highest esteem

It is clear from the internal evidence of the Manusmriti that the anti-women picture of Manu presented by some is baseless and contrary to the facts.
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The provisions concerning women in Manu have been inspired by his sense of respect, justice and goodwill and his concern for their securityand equality with men. Here are some facts of evidence in support: -
(2/n) @trustmaddy
Maharshi Manu is the first great man of the world to have given the society the highest ideal about women which adds remarkably to the dignity’, status and self-respect of women.
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