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Talking about earnings, the performance of the film Stree-2 seems to be quite strong. This film has left behind the films of many famous actors. With the success of the film, the word 'Stree' has become viral on the internet. Let us tell you where the word Nari originated from and how old is its history?
Let us tell you that women are known as Nari, Mahila, Vanita, Vama. Women have secured their place in every religious text, starting from Vedas and Puranas. Women have been given equal respect in the Quran as well.
Many languages use synonyms for women
Whenever there is a talk of identifying species, it will be in the form of male and female. Women have been in discussion since ancient times. Imagining the present society without women is meaningless. Women have maintained their importance in every era. According to Hindu belief, the first woman in the world was Shatarupa, who was born by the wish of Lord Brahma. Shatarupa later came to be known as Manu's wife.
The word 'Nari' is believed to have originated from many languages but it is synonymous with it. There is a word in Latin called femella. It means woman or girl. It is based on the word femina, which means woman. Experts believe that the word 'Mahila' is also derived from the Persian word 'Jaan'. But instead of Persian, it came directly from Arabic to Persian and then from Persian to Urdu and through Urdu it became a part of Hindi. The word 'Stri' is used in the Maharashtrian language i.e. Marathi. This Marathi has actually evolved from Prakrit like the Indo-Aryan languages and Prakrit is a subset of Sanskrit.
The word is derived from the Sanskrit word 'styai'
In other languages, such words have been used to mean woman. The word 'woman' is actually derived from the Sanskrit root 'styai'. It is a word describing a group, meaning heap, accumulation, gross and dense. It also has other meanings, such as soft, gentle and simple. In Sanskrit, woman is said to be the complementary character of any living being and the word 'woman' is used for woman. Nari is said to be the mother power and Shri is similar to any living being, that is, she has the quality of creation or the fulfillment of creation.
Grammarians have defined the word woman as follows:
Grammarians have been defining the word woman in their own way. The sthira metal from which it is believed to have originated has been described in Sanskrit by Yaska in his Nirukta. But when Yaska explained its origin from sthayai metal in Nirukta, he meant to shrink in shame. Regarding this derivation of Yaska, Durgacharya has said that Lajjarthasya lajjanatepi hi taah, that is, woman is synonymous with woman because she is suffering from shame.
Panini and Patanjali defined woman
Panini, who is considered to be the greatest grammarian of Sanskrit language, also derived the word 'woman' from the root 'sthāyī' like 'Yāska'. He wrote, Stayai shabda-sanghatayoh (Dhatupatha), which means that the woman was named woman because she conversed, gossiped and quarreled instead of the man. Patanjali takes this Panini sutra a little further and says, Stana-keshavati stri syatlomasha purushah smṛtāḥ, that is, there is a woman who has hair on her breast and there is a man who has hair on his breast. Patanjali has also thought of this word 'woman' in another way. He writes, Stayati asyana garbha iti stri, that is, she is a woman because she has a foetus inside her.
Apart from this, Patanjali has also given another definition of the word 'woman'. He writes – Shabda Sparsh Roop Rasa Gandhanam Gunam Sayan 'woman' means the combination of qualities like sound, touch, form, taste, smell etc. or the one who gets all these qualities in one place is a woman. Yaska's commentary on Rigveda (1-16-16) is found, 'Striy: eva etah shabda sparsh roop rasa gandharany:' (Nirukta). Patanjali's definition seems to be the next bud of this.
Astrologer Varahamihir said this about women
Vaman Shivram Apte prepared Sanskrit-Hindi dictionary. In this he writes, Stayate Shukrashonit Yasyam (Stay+Drip+Drown) while the famous ancient astrologer Varahamihir wrote, Shrutam Drishtam Smritam Nripam Hladjanana Na Ratna Stribhyonyat Kvachidapi Kritam Lokpatina. He writes that Brahma did not create any gem other than woman, which can be seen, touched, heard or remembered and which is pleasing when seen.