[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v2.c29.31 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c29.31 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c29.31 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.31) The Mit. on Yāj. III. 325 quotes a text of Manu (not found in the printed Manu) 'shaving of the hair is not desired in the case of learned men, the king and women, except in the case of one guilty of mahāpātaka or the killer of a cow and a brahmacārī guilty of sexual intercourse.'¹³⁸² The Mit. nowhere refers to tonsure as one of the obligatory matters for widows. - [Previous: v2.c29.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.30) - [Next: v2.c29.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.32) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29) ## Cites (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.31) · Pramāṇa