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प्रश्न
Write a short essay (about 500 words) on the following:
Discuss the evidence tliat suggests that Brahmanical prescriptions about kinship and F marriage were not universally followed.
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उत्तर
Brahmanical prescription about kinship and marriage:-
Prescription about kinship:-
According to Sanskrit texts the term “kula’ was used to designate families and jati for the larger network of kinfolk. The term ‘vamsha’ was used for lineage. Very often people belonging to the same family share food and other resources they live, work and perform rituals together. Families were considered as the part of larger networks of people defined as relatives a technical term used to defined them was kinfolk. While familial ties were considered “natural” and based on blood they can be defined in different ways.
For instance, some societies regard cousins as being blood relations, whereas others, do not regard as from Historians retrieve information about elite families fairly easily from it is very hard reconstruct the familial relationship of ordinary people. Historians also try to analyse their attitudes towards family and kinship. These are important, because they provide an insight into people’s thinking. It is also expected ideas would have shaped their action because their actions may have led to changes in their attitudes.
Prescription about marriage:-
For the continuity of the patrilineage the sons were considered important the daughters could not over the resources of their household. They were married into families outsidethe kin. This system was known as exogamy which means marrying outside one’s kin or gotra. The women of high status families were married to the right persons at right time. Kanayadana or the gift of a daughter in marriage was considered as an important religious duty of the father. With the emergence of new means of communication people came into contact with each other and they began to share their view. So the Brahaman said down codes of their social behaviour. These codes regarding social behaviour were later on enshrined in Dharmashashtra. These text recognised eight types of marriage. Among these types of marriage the four were considered as good while the rest four as condemnable. Satvahana ruler did not follow exogamy of Brahmans.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer briefly the following questions :
Distinguish between Exogamy and Endo-gamy.
Discuss the differences between polygyny and polyandry as forms of marriage.
Explain the various rules related to marriage.
Answer the following question briefly:
What is gotra?
Define marriage. Discuss its functions in human life.
Discuss the meaning of family, with respect to matriarchal societies.
Answer briefly the following question :
Define probationary marriage.
In which type of marriage does a woman have several husbands?
Which of the following statements is correct about the classification of people in terms of ‘gotra’ under Brahmanical practice around 1000 BCE onwards?
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Women were expected to give up their father’s gotra and take up their husband’s gotra after marriage.
Reason (R): Women who married Satavahana rulers retained their father’s gotras instead of adopting names derived from their husband’s gotra name.
Which of these rulers followed endogamy?
Dharmasutras was compiled in ______.
Which of the following refers to marriage within a unit?
The term used for names derived from the name of the mother or female ancestor is called ______.
Consider the following statements regarding the familial ties and practices:
I. Often people belonging to the same family share food and other resources, and live, work and perform rituals together.
II. Families are usually parts of larger networks of people defined as relatives, or to use a more technical term, kinfolk.
III. While familial ties are often regarded as "natural" and based on blood, they are defined in many different ways.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding the Ideal of patriliny?
Consider the following statements regarding the rules of marriage during the Early Societies:
I. At that time sons were important for the continuity of the patrilineage, daughters were viewed rather differently within this framework.
II. At the same time, marrying them into families outside the kin was considered desirable.
III. The system of exogamy gave rise to the belief that kanyadana or the gift of a daughter in marriage was an important religious duty of the father.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
Dharmasutras and Dharmashastra recognized how many forms of marriage?
Describe the familial relationship observed during the Mahabharat era.
In which of the following rules of marriage does the husband consider his deceased wife's sister a potential mate?
Polygamy was considered a suitable form of marriage by some societies. State any one merit of polygamy with reference to the given statement.
Savitri belonged to an upper caste and married Hari who was from a lower caste.
Identity the rule of marriage in this situation.
Name the rule of marriage that forbids marriage between individuals of a common lineage.
Explain any four functions of marriage.
Discuss the relevance of Monogamy as a marriage form in contemporary society.
