Response to Vedkabhed on women in vedas
This entire article is my answers and responses to a WordPress blog titled Vedkabhed, which contains an article “Women in Hinduism” Preference of son over daughter : He began his article by writing son is called Putra in Sanskrit which means one who saves from the hell called put for which I have no problem in accepting, but I have problem in accepting his definition of Duhita which means daughter. He said it means one who does bad. However, that is not the case. Nirukta 3.4 “The husband admits the daughter’s right to be appointed as a son, with regard to the discharge to the duties of the offspring. A daughter is so called because it is difficult to arrange for her welfare or she fares well at distance or the word duhita may be derived from the root duh, which means to milk.” But if we go by the definition of the Linga Purana on the word “Putri” , the even daughter too can save one from hell. Because in Linga Purana 5.30-33 Brahma interprets the term Putri as “one who save