Thematic Introduction

“Ya devi sarva bhuteshu, matrirupen sansthite,

namastasya, namastasya, namastasya, namo namah

matra devo bhava, pitra devo bhava” [1]

                “It is from women the condemned one that we are conceived and it is from her that we are born. It is to women that we are engaged and married. It is women who are our lifelong friends. And is she who keeps our race going. It is women through whom we establish our societies. Why should we denounce her from whom even kings and great men are born?”

[1]. Taittiriha upanishad -1.11.2.