Women play an important role in the Mahbhrata. They are at times given the right to choose a husband and at times are left abandoned by men who have abducted them for marriage. Some women in the epic take extreme vows, some curse their adversaries. Mothers sometimes force their children to obey the most unusual orders, and sometimes women are embarrassingly stripped down in
public. Sometimes, women wish to be men; sometimes women seem to direct men. How are the status and roles of women depicted in the Mahbhrata? How does the text depict gender relations?
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