Bedi in Moral Literature

Abstract

Eighteen Lesser Texts works of the post-Sangam period, 11 are the books on Dharma. Of these, only three texts, Naladiyar, Thirukkural and Mudumozhikanchi, contain information about Bedi. All three literatures use the term Bedi from the point of view of being incompetent, unbrave and undisciplined. But there are many literary evidences to show that transgenders were great activists and intellectuals from the earliest times. Man is one of the noblest creations of nature. The basis of human life is the distinction between male and female. This is the foundation, source, and source of life. Those who deviate from this basic gender and become homosexual are Bedi. These women have been creating history since the dawn of humanity by presenting themselves as the third gender and facing obstacles. Moral literature has recorded references to such special transgenders.