The notion toward Śiva womanhood, with consideration of the Veda and the traditions that acknowledge Sanātana Dharma, is further recognize ethics and passages as addressed within Hindu womanhood. In “Gandhi’s Reconstruction of the Feminine: Toward an Indigenous Hermeneutics,” Veena Rani Howard (2011) explores Gandhi’s indigenous feminist hermeneutics. The goal of this chapter is to create a starting point for future research on the paradoxes inherent in various mythologies and traditional interpretations. “Gandhi located his vision of the feminine within the ethos of these stories but reinterpreted them in order to challenge oppressive customs, thereby communicating to women, in an idiom with which they were familiar, their right to independence and dignity” (2011, 211). Howard highlights Gandhi’s complex vision of ideal womanhood, by combining the virtues of service, compassion, and sacrifice which took place with bravery, fearlessness, and assertiveness. Howard also suggests that Gandhi aimed to blur the boundaries between masculine and feminine qualities and modes of action, as means to bring both males and females toward the realization of their full humanity. In the end, Howard suggests that Gandhi’s model may reveal the potential within Hindu traditions to empower people to address issues, across the entire spectrum of humanity, whether regarding gender, race, caste, class, environment or economy.