Gargi's Fires: Gender, Caste, Rebirth, and the Metaphysics of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Echoes Of India: A History Podcast
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Why Is Gargy So Prominent in the Text?
In the opanishads, women are generally treated as suited for nothing more taking care of the household and bearing children. Garki: These texts need to be read not as definitive indications of what happened but instead search for the attitudes of the men who wrote them. "If we hate women so much, why would we have gargi in a debate hall, arguing with other brahmins? Why you tell me?"
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