The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c14.s2.19
The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c14.s2.19
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c14.s2.19
The proposal of Vishṇu and Yājñavalkya to recognise the widow as an heir was a sensational one. It affected the vested interests of male coparceners and therefore immediately provoked considerable and determined opposition. During the period 400-1000 A. D. jurists were divided into two schools, the orthodox one, which was not prepared to recognise the widow as an heir and the reformist one, which was bent upon agitating for the popularisation of its new reform.