History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c28.s2.32
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c28.s2.32
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v2.c28.s2.32
Special rules of conduct were laid down for a wife whose husband was away from home on a journey. Śaṅkha-Likhita (quoted by Aparārka p. 108, Sm. C., vyavahāra p. 253) contain a long statement about what such a wife should not do 'women whose husbands are away from home should avoid amusements of swing and dance, seeing pictures, applying unguents to the body, walking in parks, sleeping in open places (or uncovered).