The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c6.19

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good selection of the son-in-law, his anxiety does not terminate; he has to wait anxiously to find out whether the marriage will eventually be a happy one¹. Under these circumstances it was but natural that an 11th century writer should have observed that there is a world of difference between the son and the daughter; the former is bliss itself incarnate, the latter is the root of misery².