Agni Purana 226.41
Agnipurāṇa 226.41
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- Sanskrit
226.41
adaṇḍyā strī bhavedrājñā varayanto patiṃ svayaṃ /
uttamāṃ sevamānaḥ strī jaghanyo badhamarhati //
A woman who chooses a husband herself shall not be punished by the king. / A base man consorting with a superior woman deserves execution.
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Other recensions (1)
- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day — Altekar 1938, English