Re: Hindu text advocating rape, sexism, and just plain savagery.

[navya negi]

On Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 1:55:52 AM UTC+5:30, Ahura Mazda wrote:
> Hindu text advocating rape, sexism, and just plain savagery.
> Here's a list of actual writings from Hindu scriptures
> Quote:
> In the Brhadarankyaka Upanishad scripture (advocating rape): Surely, a woman
> who has changed her clothes at the end of her menstrual period is the most
> auspicious of women. When she has changed her clothes at the end of her
> menstrual period, therefore, one should approach that splendid woman and
> invite her to have sex. Should she refuse to consent, he should bribe her.
> If she still refuses, he should beat her with a stick or with his fists and
> overpower her, saying: "I take away the splendor from you with my virility
> and splendor (6.4.9, 21).
> Quote:
> In Dharmasastra, which is a Hindu moral and legal text (all women are
> whores): Good looks do not matter to them, nor do they care about youth; 'A
> man!' they say, and enjoy sex with him, whether he is good-looking or ugly.
> By running after men like whores, by their fickle minds, and by their
> naturallack of affection these women are unfaithful to their husbands even
> when they are zealously guarded here. Knowing that their very own nature is
> like this, as it was born at the creation by the Lord of Creatures
> (Prajapati), a man should make the utmost effort to guard them. The bed and
> the seat, jewellery, lust, anger, crookedness, a malicious nature, and bad
> conduct are what Manu assigned to women. There is no ritual with Vedic
> verses for women; this is a firmly established point of law. For women, who
> have no virile strength, and no Vedic verses, are falsehood; this is well
> established. Manusmrti 9:14-18.
> Quote:
> In Dharmasastra (women need to be kept under control) Men must make their
> women dependent day and night, and keep under their own control those who
> are attached to sensory objects. Her father guards her in childhood, her
> husband guards her in youth, and her sons guard her in old age. A woman is
> not fit for independence. -- Manusmrti 9:2-4.
> Quote:
> In the Vedas:" Lord Indra himself has said, 'The mind of woman cannot be
> disciplined; she has very little intelligence.' -- Rig Veda 8:33:17.
> Quote:
> In the Purunas (Hindu Gods Rape Gautama's wife) formerly the gods lusted for
> Gautama's wife and raped her, for their wits were destroyed by lust. Then
> they were terrified and went to the sage Durvasas [an incarnation of Siva],
> who said, 'I will remove all your defilements with the Satarudriya Mantra
> [an ancient Saiva prayer].' Then he gave them ashes which they smeared upon
> their bodies, and their sins were shaken off. -- Padma Purana 4:101:174-9.
> Quote:
> In the Smriti (Lord Rama's mom has sex with a horse 'all night long' to
> cleanse sins): The prescribed victims -- snakes, birds, the horse, and
> aquatic animals -- were bound at the place of immolation; each was dedicated
> to a specific divinity as is set forth in the ritual texts. The priests then
> bound them all to the posts in the manner set forth in the ritual texts.
> Three hundred beasts in addition to Dasaratha's jewel of a horse were bound
> there to the sacrificial posts. Kausalya (Rama's mom) walked reverently all
> around the horse and then with the greatest joy cut it with three knives.
> Her mind unwavering in her desire for righteousness, Kausalya (Rama's mom)
> passed one night with the horse. The priests -- the hotr, the adhvaryu, and
> the udgatr -- saw to it that the second and the juniormost of the king's
> wives, as well as his chief queen, were united with the horse. Then the
> officiating priest, who was extremely adept and held his senses in check,
> removed the fat of the horse and cooked it in the manner prescribed in the
> ritual texts. At the proper time and in accordance with the ritual
> prescriptions, the lord of men then sniffed the fragrance of the smoking
> fat, thereby freeing himself from sin. Then, acting in unison, the sixteen
> brahman officiating priests threw the limbs of the horse into the fire, in
> accordance with the ritualinjunctions. In other sacrifices, the oblation is
> offered upon branches of the plaksa tree, but in the Horse Sacrifice alone
> the apportionment of the victim is made on a bed of reeds. The Horse
> Sacrifice is known as the Three-Day Rite; for both the kalpasutra and the
> brahmanas refer to the Horse Sacrifice as a rite lasting for three days. --
> Ramayana 1:13:24-33.
> Quote:
> In the Smriti (method of turning women back to virgins):" A woman who has
> been unchaste should worship Siva in his calm aspect, Siva who is Kama. Then
> she should summon a Brahmin and give herself to him, thinking, and 'This is
> Kama who has come for the sake of sexual pleasure.' And whatever the Brahmin
> wishes, the sensuous woman should do. For thirteen months she should honor
> in this way any Brahmin who comes to the house for the sake of sexual
> pleasures, and there is no immorality in this for noble ladies or
> prostitutes." -- Matsya Purana 70:40-60; cf. Mahabharata III:2:23.
> Read Dealing with Hindu Heretics a ton of more controversial Hindu texts.