Vaishnava Dharmashastra 24.41
Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 24.41
- Language
- Sanskrit
24.41
pitṛveśmani yā kanyā rajaḥ paśyaty asaṃskṛtā
sā kanyā vṛṣalī jñeyā haraṃs tāṃ na viduṣyati //
A damsel whose menses begin to appear (while she is living) at her father's house, before she has been betrothed to a man, has to be considered as a degraded woman: by taking her (without the consent of her kinsmen) a man commits no wrong.
Translations (1)
- The Institutes of Vishnu — Julius Jolly 1880, English
Commentaries (2)
- Keśavavaijayantī — Nandapaṇḍita, Sanskrit
- Vaijayantī — Nandapaṇḍita alias Vināyakapaṇḍita, Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — R. S. Sharma, English
- Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture — Johann Jakob Meyer, English
- Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) — Julius Jolly & Batakrishna Ghosh, English
- Education in Ancient India — A. S. Altekar, English