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The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.58

The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.58

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c19.s1.58

Husband, status of, according to marriage ritual, 109-10; acquires greater dominence over wife, 111-2, 127-8, 254, 422; as *guru* and god to the wife, 111-2, 431; code of marital conduct recommended to, 111-7; less solicitous to follow it, 121-6, 431; ill treatment of wife by, 127-9, 422; as owner of wife, 253-5; must maintain wife, 256; rights of, over Stridhana, 266-7; divine husbands, 68.