दहेज प्रथा

dahej pratha
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vivaran	'dahej pratha' vishv ke kee deshoan mean prachalit ek samajik kupratha hai. aj bharat sahit kee deshoan mean is kupratha ne ek gambhir sthiti utpann kar di hai.
any nam	'huanda', 'varadakshina', 'jahez'
vishesh	dahej ka prayog aksar n keval vivah ke lie stri ki vaanchhaniyata badhane ke lie hua, balki b de parivaroan mean yah satta aur sanpatti badhane aur kee bar rajyoan ki sima v nitiyoan ke nirdharan ka karan bana.
sanbandhit lekh	parda pratha, sati pratha, dakan pratha, mautana pratha, nata pratha
any janakari	var-vadhoo ke parivaroan ke bich kee bar dahej ko lekar sahamati n hone par rishte toot jate haian. dahej pratha ke vibhats praman haian, prata dana ki ghatanaean; jo aantat: navavivahit vadhuoan ki 'dahej hatya' ke roop mean parinit hoti haian.

dahej ka arth hai jo sampatti, vivah ke samay vadhoo ke parivar ki taraf se var ko di jati hai. dahej ko urdoo mean 'jahez' kahate haian. yoorop, eshiya, aphrika aur duniya ke any bhagoan mean dahej pratha ka lanba itihas hai. bharat mean ise dahej, huanda ya varadakshina ke nam se bhi jana jata hai tatha vadhoo ke parivar dvara naqad ya vastuoan ke roop mean yah var ke parivar ko vadhoo ke sath diya jata hai. sanbhavat: is pratha ko un samajoan mean mahattv prapt hua hoga, jahaan chhoti umr mean vivah prachalit rahe hoange.

dahej ka uddeshy

dahej ka uddeshy navavivahit purush ko grihasthi jamane mean madad karana tha, jo any arthik sansadhanoan ke abhav mean shayad vah svayan nahian kar sakata tha. kuchh samajoan mean dahej ka ek any uddeshy tha, pati ki akasmath‌ mrityu hone par patni ko jivan nirvah mean sahayata dena. dahej ke pichhe ek avadharana yah bhi rahi hogi ki pati, vivah ke sath aee zimmedari ka nirvah thik tarah se kar sake. vartaman yug mean bhi dahej navavivahitoan ke jivan-nirvah mean madad ke uddeshy se hi diya jata hai.

vadhoo mooly

ek pratirodhi pratha hai 'vadhoo-mooly', vadhoo ke parivar dvara usake badale bahumooly naqad ya vastuoan ki prapti. at: vadhoo-mooly ek prakar ka vinimay hai. dahej aur vadhoo-mooly ke bare mean ek vishisht tathy yah hai ki dahej ooanchi jatiyoan mean prachalit hai, jabaki vadhoo-mooly pradhanat: nimn jatiyoan aur janajatiyoan (adivasiyoan) mean prachalit hai. vadhoo-mooly ke bare mean yah tark hai ki jati vyavastha mean nimn jatiyaan (vaishy aur shoodr) adhikaansh sharirik evan tuchchh samajhe jane vale kary karati haian, parivar mean ane vali ek vadhoo ka arth hai, ay evan kary ke lie atirikt shram, jabaki dulhan ke parivar mean ek kamane vale sadasy ki kami ho jati hai. isalie vadhoo-mooly dvara isaki kshatipoorti ki jati hai.

dahej ka prayog

dahej ka prayog aksar n keval vivah ke lie stri ki vaanchhaniyata badhane ke lie hua hai, balki b de parivaroan mean yah satta aur sanpatti badhane aur kee bar rajyoan ki sima v nitiyoan ke nirdharan ka karan bana hai.

dahej ke samajik prabhav

dahej pratha ke anek samajik-arthik prabhav haian tatha isake kee sunishchit viparit parinam haian yadyapi dahej pratha duniya ke anek deshoan mean prachalit hai, parantu bharat mean isane sankatapoorn sthitiyaan nirmit kar di hai. dhiandhora pita jata hai ki dahej lena ya dena samajik aparadh hai aur qanoon dvara ise pratibandhit bhi kiya gaya hai, lekin yah buraee jari hai. samaj ke padhe-likhe varg mean bhi vivah tay karate samay ise charcha ka avashyak aang banaya jata hai. vivah ke samay dahej ki vastuoan ko samajik haisiyat ke roop mean pradarshit kiya jata hai. var-vadhoo ke parivaroan ke bich kee bar dahej ko lekar sahamati n hone par rishte toot jate haian.

dahej se hani

dahej pratha ke vibhats praman haian, prata dana ki ghatanaean, jo aantat: navavivahit vadhuoan ki 'dahej hatya' ke roop mean parinata hoti haian. l dakiyoan ke sath bure bartav, bhedabhav tatha kanya bhroon aur kanya shishuoan ki hatya jaise jaghany krityoan ke roop mean samane ane vale isake dushparinam dahej pratha ki us kroorata ko pradarshit karate haian, jisaka samana samaj ko ab bhi karana hai.

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