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From which shastra is the story of a wife and her husband Kaushik who was visiting prostitutes?
The story is mentioned here in wikipedia:
A Brahmin named Kaushik from Pratishthan used to visit a prostitute, despite being a Brahmin and having a devoted wife.
It's also mentioned on other sites ...
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Does even a single sacred scripture sanction or even mention a "patnivrata dharma"?
Pativrata dharma is mentioned everywhere. As per this every wife has to obey, worship and serve her husband. She can even be beaten by him if required.
But some feminists and apologists are saying ...
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Level of collateral damage acceptable in Hinduism
What level of collateral damage is acceptable in Hinduism in order to uphold dharma. If so, how does one calculate it?
On one hand you have to stop the perpetrator because left unpunished adharmic ...
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Are there instances in Hinduism where Dharma is cited to both support and oppose an act?
For example - the killing of Duryodhana is condemned by Baladeva and celestial beings showered flowers on the fatally wounded Duryodhana when he chastised Krishna for his acts of treachery throughout ...
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Divide & Conquer in scriptures?
In Mahabharata, when Duryodhan is captured by Gandharvas in forest, Yudhishtir tells Bhim to go save him. Bhim refuses. Yudhishtir then advises Bhim that if there is an internal family feud, it is 100 ...
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