History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c54.1808

v3.c54.1808

Water: for *arghya*, how mixed, 731; is to be touched after reciting a mantra referring to evil spirits or touching one's body etc., 1023n; rules about, to be employed in worship of gods, 730-731. Wealth: divided by Nārada into three kinds, 130; kṛṣṇa, what is, 130; śabala, 130; śukla, 130; three modes of acquisition of, common to all, 130; three special modes of acquisition of, for each of the three higher varṇas, 130. Weapons, eight, 876n. Weber, 722n, 977, 1223n. Well, dedication of, to public, procedure of, 890-892. Westermarck, 160, 165n, 180, 467, 509, 606, 625. Widow (see 'divorce' and 'remarriage'): burning of, among Greeks and Scythians, 624n, 625; did not apply eye-salve and simply tied her hair, 584; duties of, 583-587; entitled only to maintenance in joint Hindu family except in Bengal, 635; gotra of, at time of remarriage, 614; had greater power of alienation for spiritual benefit of husband, 889; had no right to succeed to sonless husband in ancient times, 581-582; kṣatriya, did not tonsure her hair, 589; not to chew betel leaves nor to take meals in vessel of bell metal, 584; position as to property improved by recent legislation, 586-587; remarriage of, 608-617; right of widow, to maintenance, 586; sight of, most inauspicious (except of one's mother ), 585; tonsure of, among brāhmaṇas, 587-593; tying up of hair into braid by, leads to bondage of deceased husband, 585; was to take only one meal a day, 585.