Women Property Rights During MahaKavyaKalin Society: A Study

Authors

  • Dr. Neeraj Devi Asstt. Professor, Department of History, M M PG College Fatehabad, Haryana

Keywords:

paternal property rights, women property rights in Ramayana and Mahabharata, stree-dhan

Abstract

The position of women in a society has always been the main criteria through which it is judged. Women have always played an important role in Indian society. In Indian Dharamshastras, women have always been regarded as an all-powerful being. Her role in the family is the most important as a man is considered incomplete without a woman.
Women had different property rights when they took on t he role of a daughter or a wife. As a daughter, usually, she did not have any rights to her paternal property but retained complete ownership of gifts received during her marriage. As a wife, a woman had complete ownership of the household goods and she was also free to use her gifts as she wanted. Widows did not have too many property rights though they could utilise the property through her sons. This paper explores the property rights of women as daughter, wife and as a widow.

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Published

2023-03-30

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Dr. Neeraj Devi. (2023). Women Property Rights During MahaKavyaKalin Society: A Study. Innovative Research Thoughts, 9(2), 92–94. Retrieved from http://irt.shodhsagar.com/index.php/j/article/view/643

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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2023): Volume 9 | Issue 2 | Special Edition

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