History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.1902

v4.c64.1902

Women, assimilated to śūdras in respect of study of Veda, homa &c. 687; cannot be completely guarded by being merely secluded 537; *even patita* w. that had not performed prāyaścitta were to be given bare maintenance 615; have authority to perform pūrta dharma, i. e. works of charity such as building of wells, temples, parks 610; lesser punishment for 533; must be guarded against improper attachments 536; not held entitled to a share, but only to maintenance acc. to certain writers that rely on Baudhāyana 606, 712; not to be arrested and jailed in certain cases 384-85; not entitled to inherit in the whole of India except five w. specially mentioned and except in Bombay and Madras 713, 746, 748; not entitled to dispose of property independently of their husbands 771; of even good family come to ruin by independence 536; only four kinds of adulterous w. to be abandoned 948; rules about personal appearance of w. in courts 287; saṁskāras of, except marriage, not to be performed with Vedic mantras 712; treatment of women raped or kidnapped 956-57; work provided at home by superintendent of weaving for w. that did get out or were crippled or unmarried 146