[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.c29.40 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c29.40 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c29.40 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.40) It would be of interest to many to learn that among one sect (the Tengalai) of the Śrī-vaiṣṇavas (followers of Rāmānuja) tonsure of widows has been forbidden for centuries, though that sect is most orthodox in other matters.¹³⁸⁸ The Śūdrakamalākara remarks that widows in Gauḍa keep their hair.¹³⁸⁹ - [Previous: v2.c29.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.39) - [Next: v2.c29.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.41) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29) ## Cites (1) - [Śūdrakamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.sudradharma.sudrakamalakara) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.40) · Pramāṇa