Kautilya's Arthashastra 3.4.9

3.4.9

"pativiprakārāt patijñātisukhāvasthagrāmikānvādhibhikṣukījñāti.kulānām anyatamam apuruṣaṃ gantum adoṣaḥ" iti ācāryāḥ //

My teacher says:--With a view to avoid danger, it is no offence for women to go to any male person who is a kinsman of her husband, or is a rich and prosperous gentleman (sukhávastha), or is the head-man of the village or is one of her guardians (anvádhikula), or who belongs to the family of a mendicant woman, or to any one of her own kinsmen.