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Pativratā

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"Pativratā is not a spiritual ideal but a social role where a woman, through vows and restrictions, seeks to reform her husband, wielding power by policing his conduct in the name of virtue."

Pativratā means a wife who makes her husband follow lots of religious rules and promises—it’s control, not mysticism.
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