Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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Sec. V] STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATI SūTRA
213 The same sentiment of the Manu-Smyti on the union of the husband and wife is echoed in the BhSi in a different form. It is stated here that the combined body of the mother and father in the son lasts as long as his worldly body (Chavadhāraniya śarīra) exists but when it, becoming weaker perishes at last, the combined body of the mother and the father in the son also gets destroyed.
FIFTH SECTION Position of Women as depicted in the BhS
In the society the women appear in different capacities pertaining to the family and civic life, such as, maiden, bride', wife', mother, widow®, nun?, teachers, queen-regent, musiciano, dancer”, actress?. nurses, maid-servant", slave25, courtesane, prostitute"?, etc.
So their position can be determined by these different status held by them in the family as well as in the society. A woman's life may be divided into three periods in relation to the family, viz. girlhood, stage of wife, and widowhood and thus her position can be studied from these three stand-points, each of which is connected with a distinct stage of her life. Different stages of Women's Life Maiden
The term "Dariyā'18 used in this canonical work denotes an unmarried girl or maiden.
1 BUS, 1, 7, 61. % 11, 12. 2, 441 ; 15, 1, 561. 3 1b, 11, 11, 430. 4 11, 1, 1, 4; 9, 33, 380; 9, 33, 384 ; 11,9, 417; 11, 11, 428;
11, 11, 430 ; 13, 6, 491; 15, 1, 540; 15, 1, 557. . 16, 9, 33, 384 ; 11, 9, 417; 11, 11, 428; 12, 2, 441; 13, 6, 491;
15, 1, 540. 8 16, 12, 2, 441; 11, 11, 430. ? 16, 9, 33, 382 ; 12, 2, 442. 8 Ib, 9, 33, 382
16, 12, 2, 441. 10 16, 9, 33, 383; 11, 11, 429-30. 11 16, 9, 33, 383; 11, 11, 429-30. 12 Ib, 9, 33, 388; 11, 11, 429. 18 16, 9, 33, 385 ; 11, 11, 429.30. 14 Ib, 9, 33, 382 ; 11, 11, 429-30. 15 16, 9, 33, 382 ; 12, 2, 442; 11, 11, 430. 16 16, 9, 33, 383, 385 ; 11, 11, 429 (ganiyā). 17 Ib, 15, 1, 560 (Kharittäe). 18 16, 15, 1, 561.