[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938) › c19.s1.58 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.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. - [Previous: c19.s1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.57) - [Next: c19.s1.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.59) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.58) · Pramāṇa