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The three goals of marriage include allowing a husband and a wife to fulfil their dharma, bearing progeny (praja), and experiencing pleasure (rati). Sexual intercourse between a husband and wife is regarded to be important in order to produce children, but is the least desirable purpose of marriage in traditional Hindu schools of thought. [5]
A Vedic sage emphasized that the basis of a happy and fulfilling married life is the presence of unity, intimacy and love between a husband and wife physically, mentally and spiritually. Hence the wife is considered to be the Ardhangani of the husband as per Hindu tradition. Marriage is not for self-indulgence, but is considered to be a life ...
Wife is the sacred soil in which the husband is born again, even the Rishis cannot create men without women. — Adi Parva , Mahabharata Book, 1.74.50-51 [ 23 ] The Anushasana Parva of the Hindu epic Mahabharata has several chapters dedicated to the discussion about duties and right of women.
14th-century fresco of Radha (right) and Krishna (left, playing flute) in Udaipur, Rajasthan. The Sanskrit term Rādhā (Sanskrit: राधा) means "prosperity, success, perfection and wealth". [ 32 ][ 33 ][ 34 ] It is a common word and name found in various contexts in the ancient and medieval texts of India. The word appears in the Vedic ...
In a traditional joint Hindu family, there is a subservient relationship between the wives of the brothers: the patriarch's wife is addressed as "Bari Bhabhi" (in Hindi), meaning "eldest brother's wife." She is traditionally considered the head of the house after the elders and is in charge of running the household affairs and overseeing the ...
The pativrata of a wife towards her husband is a recurring theme in Hindu literature, and occurs in various legends of Hindu mythology. It is a concept that is usually portrayed to be a powerful factor that protects a woman's husband from curses, death, and any ill-omens that threaten his well-being. The Ramayana features Sita, whose pativrata ...
Not for the love of the wife is a wife dear, but for love of the Self a wife is dear. — Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 2.4.2–4 [ 13 ] According to theological author and editor Robert Van De Weyer, this asserts that all love is a reflection of one's own soul: parents' love of their children, a love of religion or of the entire world. [ 27 ]
Rati (Sanskrit: रति, Rati) is the Hindu goddess of love, carnal desire, lust, passion, and sexual pleasure. [2][3][4][5] Usually described as the daughter of Prajapati Daksha, Rati is the female counterpart, the chief consort and the assistant of Kama (Kamadeva), the god of love. A constant companion of Kama, she is often depicted with ...