The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.91

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Raja Rama Mohan Roy and Satī, 166. Rajputana, princesses in, 25, 27; dowry system in, 84; Satī custom in, 153-5, 166-7; princesses of, in Muslim harems, 372-3, literacy in, 27, late marriages in, 69. *Rākshasa* marriage, 44-6. Rāma, his attitude towards Sītā, 367-9. Rationalism, 245-6, 434. Religion, privileges of, how important, 229; enjoins marriages as a religious necessity, 232-3, 414-5; allows women to participate in sacrifices in early times, 231-2, 234-5, withdraws the permission later, 241-3; helps women, 5, 231-3, 414, retards their progress, 5, 240-2, 419; allows reform, 446-8; see also under Asceticism. Remarriage of men, 130-2, 426. Remarriage of women, in Vedic age, 177-8; permitted by Sūtras, 179; of child widows, 181-2; prohibition of, 182-3, 422, 425-6; consequences of the prohibition of, 183-4; modern agitation for, 186-8; see also 432, 438, 444. Restitution of conjugal rights, 296.