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generations to come all require the awakening of the co-creative feminine power to bring them forth. There are many women who have left their marks behind in shaping the society. But in this research paper the main focus will be laid upon Sita and Draupadi. As discussed earlier that how much these two women had to suffer in their respective lives, we also learn in the later part of the two epics that how these women turned their sufferings into struggle for justice. Both women represent feminine power

Adi-Parva, First Book: The Origins of the Families The story opens as Sauti, a storyteller returning from the snake sacrifice of King Janamejaya, approaches several wise men, or rishis, in the forest of Naimisha. He relates to them the Mahabharata as he has heard it from Vaisampayana, a disciple of the poet Vyasa. Sauti begins by recounting the death of King Parikshit of the Bharatas at the hands of Takshaka, aNaga, or snake-man. King Janamejaya, Parikshit's son and successor, had held the snake

Yudhishthira kept losing during the game, but kept playing and gambling more and more until he had nothing else to gamble, not even himself. Moreover, he used his wife, Draupadi as the deal breaker without asking her after he gambled himself out. Then, he loses her and Duryodhana humiliates Draupadi. Yudhishthira, his brothers and Draupadi

Mahābhārata has always been the dominant cultural text of Ancient Bhāratavarṣa to stir the imagination of different ages. In this article, I venture to study the interpretation of Mahābhārata and the Woman of Mahābhārata during Colonial Rule, with the intention to understand the dialogic process between a colonized culture and colonizer culture. As such, in this paper, with reference to Kunti’s portrayal in Romesh Chunder Dutt’s (1848-1909) Mahābhārata re-telling, I propose to study the Construction/Re-Construction

Lobsang Diki Carolyn Ferrell Stories and Transformations Princess of Panchal “Rajkumari…Rajkumari” the maid cried. Draupadi who had been awaiting news of any development in the grand court was alarmed hearing the trepidation in the voice calling her out. She rushed to the petrified maid who was gasping for breath and firmly placed a hand on her shoulder. “Tell me” She said. “Rajkumari, it is Yuvraj Arjuna” the maid replied. Draupadi’s heart sunk, she found herself stepping back, stumbling. After

shallow recesses of the interior walls of the Rathas have carved images of gods and demi-gods. The first temple I will be talking about is the Draupadi Ratha. The dwelling of the goddess at Mamallapuram dedicated to Shiva's consort, Durga. The smallest of the Mamallapuram Rathas, known as the Draupadi Ratha, is dedicated to the goddess Durga. The Draupadi Ratha

centuries ago it had certain patriarchal norms and perspective one for example is that readers are never given reasons or a look inside the female characters while male characters are given a chance to justify themselves for example the episode of Draupadi laughing when Duryodhana slips inside the palace of illusions of Indraprastha is added later to the text to justify to some extent her disrobing in the episode of dicing. But the acts of Menaka forsaking her daughter or the very

Economists, Theologians, Sociologists all have hypothesis regarding why every society (Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Atheist etc) has not been able to embrace social equality yet is ok with spiritual equality. The stem from Economic, Physical and Cultural reasons. Economically, having a woman who is able to provide financially is frightening for two ways. First in Oregon a study stated that if women were to receive a raise to equal that of a males in a skilled field such as engineering “The men maintained

In order to explain why Yudhisthira is tested and not his four brothers, one needs to understand the major theme of the Mahbharata. In one of the final scenes of the Mahbharta Yudhisthira proves himself and is rewarded with life after life. The best way to understand the importance of Yudhisthira and his dog is to first summarize the story. Then the story can be interpreted to show why this story exemplifies the major theme of the rest of the epic. Despite the complexity and length of the Mahabharta

Historically speaking, women never had much status –even though the world has evolved, women are still not seen as equal to their male counterparts. With that said, women in Hinduism had a bit of an advantage because they were viewed as equals in their religion. However, that view only lasted for a short period of time. In Hinduism, women went from having access to the same rights as men and being able to achieve high levels of spirituality to having all that taken away and being oppressed. Hinduism