The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c14.s2.73

c14.s2.73

The epigraphic evidence then shows that the custom differed with different castes and different localities in south India. Some sections of society felt that the permission of the reversioners was necessary to validate even a religious gift ; others thought that it might be dispensed with. When we note that our jurists all belonged to the priestly class, it need not be wondered that their general tendency should have been to give the widow an unrestricted power in the matter.