GOURIYA VAISHNAVISM, BRAHMANISM AND WOMEN IN MEITEI SOCIETY
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i1.2024.3205Keywords:
Hinduism, Meiteis, Religion, Women, VaishnavismAbstract [English]
Religion affects the lives of women tremendously. This can be seen in all societies. In Meitei societies, with the arrival Vaishnava faith along with the establishment of Bengali Brahmins as the religious custodian, women’s lives changed tremendously. The Vaishnava faith is based on devotion and submission to God. With the coming of Brahmins their ideals and ethos too came along. There are three main salient pillars of Brahmanical social order: maintenance of caste purity, lineage purity and family purity. Gradually women’s mobility and sexuality became more confined and more strictly regulated.
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