The Laws of Manu

The Laws of Manu
By
Dorraine C. Ellis
(Total word count: 550)

In these times India was heavily abnormal by the caste system. The Brahmana were at the top of the caste system. India believed in Gods and they believed that the Brahmana came straight from Brahmans mouth. They believed that anything that come through in the world belong to the Brahmans. Women were considered evil. In India the pack believed that a adult females sole desires were wicked. They believed that it was in a womans nature to seduce men and in this case not dismantle the wise men in civilization were guarded from their ways (see I.213 - i.214.). It seems that the Sudras are the lowest in the caste. They were required by the law to serve the other tether castes above them in humility. They could not obtain wealth even if they were able to (see law 10.248). It was against the law for a Brahman to bind out side of his caste. In fact, if a Brahman were to connect a woman of Sudra caste and bear children with her, his way out would be considered Sudra. Although he would not be punish in his currently life for marrying and having children with the woman, he will be punished after death by being sent to hell. He will also lose his status or station and become a Sudra himself. (see law 3.



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Indian woman were expected to always be cheerful and tend to their households slice keeping their homes clean. But because women were believed to be unfit for independence, they were not permitted to be alone at anytime. Even a woman of much mature age could not be alone. They were to be watched by a man even as they slept (see laws 4.147, 4.150 and 9.2). After yarn law 9.4 it is safe to say that fathers who did not give their daughters for sexual union at the proper time were condemned. As were sons who failed to fulfill their vocation to protect their mother after her husband passes away. Law 9.6 tells us that It was frowned upon if men did not protect their wives. This was a way of preserving the ingenuousness of their...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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