History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c31.22.5
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c31.22.5
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Apart from the considerations as to religious texts prohibiting widow remarriage and the great concern among women for preserving a high ideal of chastity and single-minded devotion to the husband, many Hindus feel that, each girl having been given one chance of marriage, if she becomes a widow, that is her ill-luck, but she should not be allowed to compete with unmarried girls in the marriage market, which is already overcrowded with girls waiting to be married.