[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.c31.19 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c31.19 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c31.19 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c31.19) One question¹⁴⁴³ raised by Dr. Banerjee is: what is to be regarded as the \*gotra\* of a widow when she is to be remarried (is it to be her father's \*gotra\* or of the first husband's?). There are hardly any indications in the ancient smṛtis or commentaries on this point. Viśvarūpa¹⁴⁴⁴ commenting on Yāj. I. 63 (on the word '\*kanyāprada\*') observes that according to some the father gives away the bride even if she is not a virgin. So it appears that the father's \*gotra\* should be looked to in the remarriage of a widow. Vidyasagar, whom Dr. Banerjee follows, held the same opinion. - [Previous: v2.c31.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c31.18) - [Next: v2.c31.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c31.20) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c31) ## Cites (1) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.63) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c31.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c31.19) · Pramāṇa