Pu > References for ‘purdah’

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Social Justice for Women (1)

[20] I cannot support the “lofty [...] actually keep women behind the purdah or burka. Here, too, I notice [...] Debonair behind a lace curtain.

Social Justice (2)

[21] I do not support the supposed wisdom [...] reality keep their women behind a purdah or covered with a burka. Even [...] indolently behind a lace curtain.

[29] Those who want to keep their daughters [...] themselves by following the custom of purdah and making women wear burkas, are entirely farcical.

Purdah – Excerpt B (1)

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Purdah – Excerpt A (6)

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[1] The word pardá [“purdah”] is of Persian origin. “Purdah” means not only a curtain on the [...] 1 )

[2] The purdah was not in use among the ancient [...] concept. Indian women did not use the purdah before the Pathan rule. [...] hills and forests did not use the purdah. Today as well there is no custom [...] women do not use veils to this day.

Publisher's Note (1)

[7] The first English publication of [...] Cayaniká Part 3, and the material on purdah in Discourse 17, came in The Awakening [...] “River and Civilization”.

Kakubh to Kavaśńa (Discourse 17) (8)

[43] The eighth meaning of the word kadara is “purdah”. The word pardá [purdah] is of Persian origin. “Purdah” means not only a curtain on the [...] 4 )

[44] The purdah was not in use among the ancient [...] concept. Indian women did not use the purdah before the Pathan rule. [...] hills and forests did not use the purdah. Today as well there is no custom [...] women do not use veils to this day.

[45] Although the burka or veil was [...] the word kadara was used for the purdah over doorways and windows. In [...] use it because, as I said, while purdah refers to this living-behind-the-purdah, [...] English “curtain”.

Justice (1)

[48] If parents fail to educate their [...] widowed daughters confined behind the purdah, naturally the secret desire will [...] engage in antisocial activities.

Derivation, Emanation and Distortion (Discourse 19) (2)

[33] There are many foreign words like [...] [saucer] (Farsi), pardá [purdah] (Farsi), pardánasiina [living behind the purdah] (Farsi), khusi [happiness] (Farsi), [...] royedát [award] (Farsi), and so on.