A Study of the Status of Women in Ramayana Valmiki and Mullah Masih Pani Petty

The Ramayana, India's oldest romance epic, is a Sanskrit-language Valmiki poem from the 5th to the 3rd centuries BC, in addition to a sweet narrative full of moral, social and political implications. This epic was translated into Persian as a poem by Mullah Masih Panipti during the reign of Jahangir Shah. The widespread and active presence of women as an integral part of both epics becomes one of the factors in recognizing the status of women, the way society views this group and their rulings.This article tries to express the extent of the influence of Islam on the system of the Messiah by examining and extracting the mentioned points. The present study, with its library method and descriptive-analytical method, first determines the position of woman and the rulings related to her in Ramayana Valmiki and then compares and identifies the differences and similarities with what Mulla Masih Panipati wrote in the translation of the Ramayana poem. As a Muslim, he has provided a translation of a Ramayana poem based on Islamic concepts, using similarities and finding common ground between Hinduism and Islam. According to the findings of this study, more women in the Ramayana of Mlamasih compared to the Ramayana of Walmiki play a role in this system; But in terms of expressing the rulings and status of women, Valmiki has dealt with it in detail. Women play a more central role in the Ramayana Mlamasih, and three of them, Kiki, Ravan's sister, and Ram's sister, tell the story.