Questions tagged [slavery]
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Questions regarding property in Manusmriti
I was studying 8.149 of Manusmriti, and it in this verse it degraded wife and slave to mere objects or wealth. My question is twofold, number one is it true a wife was considered property, or was a ...
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Was becoming a Dasa voluntarily and could they leave their masters?
The buying and selling of servants were mentioned in Mahabharta and Ramayana, but some people have also stated that becoming a Dasa was voluntary. My question is was Dasahood forced upon people or was ...
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Where is it said that Yudhisthira gave 2640000 slaves to Brahmins for sexual purposes?
Where is it explicitly said that Yudhisthira gave 2640000 slaves to Brahminsfor sexual purposes?
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Slavery in Ram Rajya
Here ओशो-राम-राज्य-कैसा-था Osho is claiming that there was slavery in the Rama's time and women were bought and sold. Are there any verses that mention the same or any proof that there was slavery ...
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If slavery is immoral, why did Yudhishthira donate slaves to Brahmins? [duplicate]
So, I was browsing here and found a post which supposedly said that Yudhishthira gave female slaves to a bunch of Brahmins. Slavery is obviously immoral and is even condemned in several scriptures so ...
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