[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.c29.5 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c29.5 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c29.5 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.5) The word vidhavā occurs several times in the Ṛgveda (e. g. IV. 18. 12, X. 18. 7, X. 40. 2 and 8); but these passages contain very little that is indicative of their condition in society except Ṛg. X. 40. 2 (vide under \*niyoga\*). Ṛg. I. 87. 3¹³⁶² says 'in the rapid movements of the Maruts the earth trembles like a woman deprived of her husband.' That shows that widows trembled either from sorrow or from fear of molestation and ill-treatment. - [Previous: v2.c29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.4) - [Next: v2.c29.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.6) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29) ## Cites (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.4.18.12) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.5) · Pramāṇa