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About The Bookany Text Is Written In A Particular Socio-Cultural Context And Thus Derives Its Meaning From It. Any Attempt To Study The Text Out Of The Context Leads To Several Misconceptions. Though Any Text Can Be Subjected To Such Misinterpretations But The Texts Written In Great Antiquity Are Highly Vulnerable To Such Non-Contextual Study. The Study On Dharma?stras Which Are Treated As One Of The Major Sources Of Hindu Law Is An Important Example Of Such Non-Contextual Study. Unfortunately, Most Of The Researchers In The Field Of Dharma?stric Studies Apply The Method Of Selective Study. These ?stric Texts Have Been Used By Different Groups (Viz. Orthodox, Reformers, Colonialists, Nationalists And Feminists) For Diverse Purposes. What Is Significant To Note Is That The Nationalists, Reformists, Traditionalists, Colonialist And Feminists Have Derived Not Only Different But Opposite Meanings From The Same ?stric Texts. On The One Hand, We Have Extollers Of ?stras, On The Other Depreciators. But Uncritical Eulogisation As Well As Depreciation Is Not Indicative Of Scholarly Temperament.The Present Work Emphasises The Need Of Holistic Study Of ?stric Texts And WomenS Position Therein. It Tries To Establish That Both The Critics And Extollers Of Dharma?stric Tradition Lack In An Honest Portrayal Of Reality, Which Perhaps Was Situated In Between The Two Extremes And Was Placed In The Socio-Historical Milieu Of The Times. The Present Work Strongly Proposes That One Would Not Be Able To Do Justice With The Study Of ?stras As Long As One Applies The Modern Notions Of Atomic Individual, Liberty, Unconditional Rights And Equality To Evaluate These Texts., About The Authorpreeti Singh Has Completed Her Ph.D In Political Science From Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. At Present She Is Assistant Professor At Vasanta College For Women, Kfi, Rajghat, Varanasi. Her Area Of Specialization Is Gender Studies., Content:- Contents, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Dharmastras : Definition And A Brief Introduction, Contents Of Dharmastras Dharmastras Gautam, Dharmastra Baudhyana-Dharmastra pastamba, Dharmastra Hirayake - Dharmastra Vaiha, Dharmastra Viu Dharmastra Hrta Dharmastra , Sakha-Likhita Dharmastra Mnava Dharmastra , Vaikhnasa Dharmaprana Dharmastra Of Atri Devala, Dharmastra Bhaspati Dharmastra Smtis Manusmti,, Yjavalkyasmti Prarasmti Nradasmti , Bhaspatismti Katyyanasmti Commentaries And Digests, Asahya Vivarpa Bhrucai rikara Medhtithi , Vijnevara Govindarja Lakamidhara Jimtavhana, Aparrka Devabhaa Hemdri Kullkabhaa , Madhavcrya lpi Vcaspati Raghunandana , Nandapadita Kamalkarabhaa Nlkanhabhaa , Mitramira Knth Updhayya Jaganntha, Tarkapacnana, Western And Indian Concepts Of Rights, Concept Of Individual In Western Thought Concept Of, Rights In Western Thought Concept Of Individual In Indian, Thought Relation Between Individual And Society Notion, Of Rights In The Indian Thought, Discourse On Dharmastras During Colonial Period, Portrayal Of Indian Past In The Major Schools Of, Historiography During The Th Century The Th Century Relocating Gender In Dharmastras, Social Reform Movement And Dharmastras The British, Government And Interpretations Of The Scriptures The Social, Reformers And Interpretation Of The Scriptures Orthodoxy, And Interpretations Of The Scriptures, Socio-Religious Rights Of Women In Dharmastras, Right To Education Institution Of Marriage And Rights Of, Women Right To Choose Life Partner Right To Marry A, Suitable Match Right Against Sale Question Of Dowry , Dharmastriya Ideal Of Married Life And Rights Of Women , Rights Against Supersession And Abandonment Right To, Desert The Husband And Remarry Question Of Divorce , Question Of Niyoga Question Of Sat General Rights Of, Women Right Against Defamation Right To Protection , Religious Rights Of Women, Economic Rights Of Women In Dharmastras, WomenS Right To Inheritance WidowS Right To Inheritance, Unchastity And WidowS Right To Inheritance Debate On, Full Heirship And Limited Heirship Of Widow WidowS, Right To Inheritance In Separated, Undivided And Reunited, Family DaughterS Right To Inheritance PutrikS (Adopted, DaughterS) Right To Inheritance General DaughterS Right, To Inheritance MotherS Right To Inheritance Other, Females Rights To Inheritance WomenS Rights At Partition, WifeS Right At Partition MotherS Right At Partition , DaughterS Right At Partition Rights Of Other Female, Relations At Partition Right To Maintenance WifeS Right, To Maintenance MotherS Right To Maintenance , DaughterS Right To Maintenance WidowS Right To, Maintenance Strdhana WomenS Rights Over Strdhana , WomanS Right Over Strdhana During Maidenhood , WomanS Right Over Stridhana During Coverture WomanS, Right Over Stridhana During Widowhood, Politico-Legal Rights Of Women In The Dharmastras, Governance And WomenS Right To Participate Welfare State, And WomenS Rights Legal Rights Of Women Right To, Adoption Right To Guardianship Right To Contract Right, To Be Witness Contents , Women In Dharmastras: A Feminist Critique, Women Saints Of Medieval Bhakti Movement And Their, Critique Of Dharmastras Modern Feminist Critique Of, Dharmastras Contemporary Feminist Critique Of, Dharmastras, Conclusion, Bibliography, Index