Articles on Status of Women
Buddha's Revolutionary Impact on Women's Status in Ancient India
By Singh · The Maha Bodhi, 2020
The status of women in Buddhism remains a complex and debated topic, reflecting both progressive and restrictive elements within Buddhist teachings. Historically, pre-Buddhist India granted women significant rights in education, politics, and religion, but…
Ranji Cennabhairi Devi
By Kamala Hampana · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1999
Cennabhairidevī also called Rāñji Cenna bhairarā devī was a queen from the sixteenth century who held the title mahāmaṇḍaleśvara; She ruled over several towns including Hāḍuvalli Sangitapura Bhatkala and Honnāvara; Inscriptions show that she managed the…
Poetess Jakkalamba
By Kamala Hampana · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1999
Jakkalambā also known as Śrīmatī Jakkalambi is perhaps the earliest known Jain woman poet of Karnataka; Born around the twelfth century she belonged to the noble Cikka Māgadi dynasty; Contemporary poets hailed her as an ornament of both literature and…
Patra–Jagadale Bacaladevi
By Kamala Hampana · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1999
Bacaladevī also known as Patra Jagadale Bacalaḍevi was the queen consort of King Tribhuvanamalla Bhūjabala Permmāḍideva of the Māṇḍali Thousand kingdom; She was celebrated for her beauty wealth wisdom and valour; In inscriptions she is praised as the lady of…
Nagavundi Jakkaiyabbe
By Kamala Hampana · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1999
Under the section on historical women Hampana profiles Nāḍgavunḍi Jakkaiyabbe a noblewoman from the tenth century who served as governor of a principality comprising seventy villages; She belonged to a powerful family connected to the Rāṣṭrakūṭa and Cālukya…