Isn Hinduism too patriarchal for modern times? Aren women always portrayed as feeble in Hinduism?
Hinduism has always held women in high esteem. In fact one of the worst sins in Hinduism is called “stri hatya” or killing a women. The mother is considered the most important being in Hinduism. We believe that after a lifetime of serving the father, one freed has repayed the father’s gererocity, but it is never possible to repay the mother. The sacrifice of the mother can never be repayed in one lifetime. As Shankaracharaya said, “kuputra jayeta, kumata na bhavati” there are bad sons, but there is never a bad mother. One of the vows the man and women make during marriage is that they will be lifelong friends, the women is not forced to obey the husband. Unfortunately Indian culture doesn’t always work according to the Hindu doctrine. Hinduism never portrays women as weak. Parvati, wife of Shiv in ancient mythology, burned herself after Shiv when her father King Daksha didn’t approve or invite him to a party. Suti practise (virtuous wife) started to evolve around the 6th
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