Female Identity in Vedic, Medieval and Modern Period: In Distinctive Context of India

Abstract

Great things are said and written about the Indian woman today that she is free, secure and has achieved all her rights today. But all this is confined to the pages of the books only, while the social picture says something else. Today's Indian woman wants to eminence and present herself on a global scale. But the traditional beliefs and shackles of rites are so entrenched to her that she is unable to compromise on all this. A difficult situation has arisen before him. Our so-called Indian society considers women to be safe under the protection of men, they say that in the absence of a male shadow, a woman's life is miserable. That is why if a woman wants to live life alone, then the people of the society do not let her live. As a result, she is accepting marriage as a barrier to her freedom. The status of women was advanced in the Vedic period. Despite the male-dominated social system, women had all the rights and were considered goddesses in the society and family. The goddess-like women of the Vedic period became subservient in the medieval period. All his rights were taken away and he was forced to live a hellish life. The beliefs and religious rules of the Vedic period were suddenly changed. The contractors of religion imposed strict restrictions on women and propagated all the bad practices with full force. By the middle ages, the condition of women became extremely pathetic. In the early days of the nineteenth century, the status of women remained the same. With the establishment of British rule, the social condition of India started changing. Due to the influence of western civilization and culture, the status of Indian women started changing. With the cooperation of many humanist thinkers and social reformers of the country, the condition of women started changing continuously. In the presented research article, the direction and condition related to women's identity in the Vedic period, medieval period and modern period has been considered.