Central figures on red panels look outward as excerpts from The Laws of Manu (c. 100 C.E.) surround them. On the shadowy borders are the loudly expressed thoughts of the authors.
Doors1_stoneware_16x11x4 MANU 3. 239-240 A candala, a village pig, a cock, a dog, a menstruating woman, and a eunuch must not look at a Brahmin while they eat. What they see at a sacrifice, an offering, at a dinner, or at any rite in honor of the gods or the ancestors, it will not produce the intended effect. REJECTED EJECTED EXCLUDED DENIED
Doors2_14x11x4 MANU 9.17-18 Manu assigned women to the bed, the seat, jewelry, lust, anger, crookedness, malicious nature and bad conduct. There are no rituals with Vedic verses for women; this is law (dharma) is firmly established. Women are falsehood itself, they have no strength and no knowledge of the Vedas; this is established.. MALICE FALSEHOOD IGNORANCE WEAKNESS LUST ANGER CROOKEDNESS BAD CONDUCT BLOOD
Doors3_14x11x4 MANU 9.2-3 Men must make their women dependent on them day and night, and keep those attached to sensory objects under their control. Her father guards her in childhood, her husband guards her in youth, and her sons guard her in old age; a woman is not worthy of independence. DEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE ATTACHMENT CONTROL UNCONTROLABLE INSANE BLOOD LUST
Doors4_14x11x4 MANU 9. 14-16 Women do not care about beauty, or pay attention to old age. ‘A man!’ they think, and have sex with him, whether he is handsome or ugly. By chasing men like whore, by their fickle minds, and by their natural heartlessness, women become unfaithful to their husbands, even when they are zealously guarded here. Knowing they have such a disposition, born in them by Prajapati, a man should make the utmost effort to guard them. CARELESS LUSTFUL FICKLE HEARTLESS UNFAITHFUL PROPERTY IMPROPER BLOODY WOMAN GUARDED PRISONERS BLOOD SEX DESIRE
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