The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c10.s2.11

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Widow remarriages were, however, gradually coming into disrepute during the period 300 B. C. to 200 A. D. When urged to make peace on the last day of the war, Duryodhana says that he is disinclined to enjoy the earth as a man is to marry a widow¹. Dharmasūtra writers usually place the son of a widow low in their scheme of succession. In *Aṅguttara Nikāya* we see a lady assuring her husband on his death bed that she would never remarry after his death, but would look after the household and children².