THE POISITITION OF THIRD ENTITIES IN VARIOUS PURANAS, SCRIPTURES AND EPICS/ বিভিন্ন পুরাণ, ধর্মগ্রন্থ ও মহাকাব্যে তৃতীয় সত্তাদের অবস্থান

Authors

  • Anushree Maity অনুশ্রী মাইতি Author

Keywords:

  • Hermaphrodite,
  • Brrihonnola,
  • Third entities,
  • Puran,
  • Epic,
  • Shiv,
  • Krishna,
  • Parbati

Abstract

The word ‘Brihannala’ means ‘hermaphrodite’ in English. Although now called intersex, earlier it was called hermaphrodite. The word hermaphrodite has its origins in Greek mythology. The sum of god Herms and goddess Aphrodite. This bisexuality is not limited to Greek mythology, but exists throughout the world. Including god as well as human, plants and animals from the birth of the world present day. In the early stage of the earth creation, many animal had bisexuality. Early in the animal kingdom, protozoa, periphera, celentereta, platihelminthes, annelida, mollusca and cordata were mostly bisexual. Many of them self-fertilize sperm and eggs in their own bodies to create new animal. Then sperm and ovum slowly start to get space in different body. However, some animal still have bisexuality. Earthworms are typical examples of hermaphrodite, along with leeches, worms and snails. Some flowers are include bisexual such as Hibiscus, stramonium, swamp pea, bell etc. stamens and pistils can be seen very well in Hibiscus flower. 

      There are many animal that can change sex. Sex in human and other mammals is determined before birth. Whether an animal is male or female usually depends on the chromosomes. On the other hand, many animals, including marine animals, do not have sex chromosomes, so their sex is not determined at birth. The sex of animals determined Based on brain effects and environmental influence. There are several species of animal that are born as one sex but can later change their sex and transform into the opposite sex.

      Not only animals, there are many people like animals who have two gender present in their bodies at the same time. Some change Their gender and transform into another gender, some wear clothes of opposite gender. Search character are found in various purans, epics, scripture, medicine sastra. I got to know the attitude and behaviour of society towards them. I got to know them after they changed from one gender to another gender sign and change their thinking. how these people are oppressed and deprived by the society. In fact, the existence, deprivation and harassment of these people is not only the modern area but from the mythical area but rather from the first state of creation of human civilization in the world, and the birth of deprivation from the day when people started to become socialised begings. but we should not forget that not only human but also in plants and other animal in the natural process of creation of life from the first stage of creation of the Earth, we found this image of bisexuality, gender transformation. Therefor if we modern people look at them with normal eyes instead of looking at them with contempt, their lifestyle also become normal. 

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2025-06-10

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THE POISITITION OF THIRD ENTITIES IN VARIOUS PURANAS, SCRIPTURES AND EPICS/ বিভিন্ন পুরাণ, ধর্মগ্রন্থ ও মহাকাব্যে তৃতীয় সত্তাদের অবস্থান . (2025). TRISANGAM INTERNATIONAL REFEREED JOURNAL, 5(2), 727-737. https://tirj.org.in/tirj/article/view/198