The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c13.65

c13.65

The question of the power of alienation of the Strīdhana property was approached by the Bengal school of the medieval times on different lines. Its famous exponent Jīmūtavāhana felt that it was illogical to increase the scope of Strīdhana, and then to curtail women's powers of disposal over it. He argued that it would be proper to describe only that much property as Strīdhana, which women are allowed to dispose of according to their own free will. He therefore limited the scope of Strīdhana by refusing to recognise its amplified definition, as given in the Mitāksharā school, but conceded to women full proprietary rights over its time-honoured six varieties.