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| Dec 04, 2006 5:22 pm |
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re: re: re: re: re: Sanadhana Dharma Part III |
Ganesh Ram
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That is what I have been saying in our SD thread. It is that the epics are Stories spun based on the validity of social norms.
And once we take that approach, you will not question the "polyandry" in Draupadi's marriage. The story behind why she got married to all would have come at a later stage when "polyandry" itself satrted waning and the concept of a "one man- one woman" bacame a norm.
Also, morality is based on how a society views an action at at particular period of time. What is moral in certain society is amoral in others in a same period of time and within the society iteself at different periods of time.
Ramayana, for instance has a lot of these.
1) The birth of Rama
( Not legally born to Dasaratha)
2) A kshatriya being a non-white( assuming dasratha was not dark-complexioned)
3) The idea to prove oneself to be the crowned prince
(sending Rama and LaskshmaNa to the forest with Viswamithra)
4) A "not a child born for of the king" being readied for coronation. Cooni's character would have just meant that in a way like " if Rama can so can Bharatha be the crowned"
5) The problems of having multiple wives.
6) the wives themselves of different characters
and so on..
And it is only by stories that huge population can be kept cohesive as a society.Private Reply to Ganesh Ram (new win) |
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