History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.1891

v4.c64.1891

Wife, acc. to Vyāsa, was entitled at most to 2000 panas in the husband's wealth 606 ; cannot herself demand partition but was entitled to a share when husband separated his sons or her sons claim partition during father's life 605 ; could earn or own property, but had no independent power of disposal during husband's life 452; debts of, to be paid by husband in the case of cowherds, hunters and the like 452; husband must try to deserve regard and love of 537; husband had ownership over, acc. to Nārada 453; maintenance of 803-4; may be divided as to estate from husband 450-51; meaning of dictum 'there is no partition between husband and w.' 603-604; not liable to pay husband's debts 440-441, 452; of cowherd and of him who takes a lease of land for half produce liable for debts of husband 441; of sacrificer had to confess in Varuṇapraghāsa if she had a paramour 534-35; right of w.' to succeed to her deceased husband's wealth was recognized after a long struggle 701; punishment for abandoning blameless w. 804; treatment of w. guilty of adultery 806; was said to be half of the husband 453.