The Law Code of Devala 4.7: Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…) · Vivādacintāmaṇi · Bhagavantabhāskara +1

4.7

vṛttir ābharaṇaṃ śulkaṃ lābhaś ca strīdhanaṃ bhavet | bhoktrī ca svayam evedaṃ patir nārhaty anāpadi || vṛthā mokṣe ca bhoge ca striyai dadyāt savṛddhikam | putrārtiharaṇe vāpi strīdhanaṃ bhoktum arhati

Devala said: / “One should avoid the whole country of Triśaṅku for twelve yojanas, / to the north of the Mahānadī and to the south of Kīkaṭa.

Maintenance, ornaments, the bride-price and gains are woman's property; she herself enjoys it, and the husband has no right to it except in distress. If he gives it away or enjoys it without need, he must repay it to the woman with interest; but he may use the woman's property to relieve a son's distress.