She dedicated it to her mother, Lakshmibai Dongre
, who had died thirteen years before this.
Ramabai, Pandita. The High-Caste Hindu Woman. Jas. B. Rodgers, 1888.
front matter
This edition contained an introduction by Dr Rachel L. Bodley
, Dean of the Women's Medical College...
Family and Intimate relationships
Pandita Ramabai
PR
's mother, Lakshmibai
, was born in 1826, and was Dongre's second wife. She was substantially younger than her husband, having married him as a child-bride of nine. Lakshmibai was highly educated for a...
Instructor
Pandita Ramabai
Lakshmibai
, PR
's mother, was responsible for her daughter's early education. Ramabai began learning Sanskrit at eight years old, and she studied the ancient Sanskrit narratives known as the Puranas. In these early years...