Respect of Women

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Re: Respect of Women

@calypsodc

Arleitter,

Do you have any evidence as to the divine authority of manusmriti?
Who authored the text ? Who was it revealed to ? It definately was not Manu cos historical opinion generally dates composition of the text we have today any time between 200 BCE and 200 CE. So it definately was not Manu since he was the first man created by Brahma. Muslims belive that Sharia is based on Koran (pls correct me if I am wrong). So Manusmriti is not a religious book IMO. Do U have any evidence of it being used as a rule of law by Hindu kings or promoted by Hindu pontiffs. If U do can U pls provide the link/reference ? I think it is better to liken it an ancient constitution of a particular empire like the Indian constitution is today.

Even if U belive in smritis, I remember reading that the smriti for Kaliyug was parashara smiti and not Manusmriti.

Peace calypsodc

Welcome the GS … that was gonna be my next question … you beat me to it. However I see manusmriti has acquired legislative status and is more of a philosophical ode. It sees to hold religious significance but may not scripture in the same sense as Veda.