The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c14.s2.24

c14.s2.24

¹ > द्विसाहस्रः परो दायः स्त्रियै देयो धनस्य वै। भर्त्रा यच्च धनं दत्तं सा यथाकालमाप्नुयात् ॥ Vyāsa in Aparārka, p. 752. Silver Paṇa, roughly equal to a six anna piece, is the coin referred to in the verse. Its purchasing power at that time was equal to that of Rs. 2 today. Property worth 2,000 would be thus equal to property worth about Rs. 10,000 today. Mahābhārata, XIII, 82, 24 puts the limit at 3,000.