Women in Ramayana

Women in Ramayana

 

BY

P.R,Ramachander

 

(it is clear from reading Ramayana , that most of them  are not treated well)

1.Though Dasaratha  had three  chief wives, He gave  the divine payasa  only for two?

2.When Bharatha and sathrugna  went to their uncle’s home, They  did not bother  to take their wives?

3.After  marriage  till the end of Ramayana , nothing is mentioned  about  the wives of Bharatha, Lakshmana and Sathrugna?

4.Rama went to take leave of Sita, but Lakshmana   did not bother to take leave from his wife

5.Vasishta  addresses  Queen Kaikeyi as Rakshasi  when she gave wodden hide  dress  to Sita.

6.Lakshmana cuts off nose, ear and breasts of Surpanaka

7.Sabari lives alone in her ashram , after death of her masters.She enters the fire and dies.Rama who did after  death rituals even to Jadayu  , did not do anything

8.Vali after  driving out  Sugreeva  , keeps his wife Ruma

9,Sugreeva  does  same think with thara , his elder  brother’s wife

10.Swayamprabha is left along  in a cave  by her  friend

11.Though Ravana  keeps sita  in asoka vana , not even once he touches her

12.Rama  does not recive  Sita properly  after  winning the war, possibly suspecting her

13.Nothing is mentioned in Ramayana of the wives of Bharatha , Lakshmana  and Sathrugna attending the cornation of Rama, though their mothers attend

14.Over hearing   a washerman  Rama banishes  his  pregnant  wife  to the forest