The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c8.74

c8.74

Sufficient time, however, had to be allowed to pass in order to make it certain that the wife was really barren. Ten years at least had to elapse before barrenness could be presumed. In case daughters alone or very short-lived children were born, a further period of waiting for three or four years was prescribed¹.