History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.1192

v5.c75.1192

Wife, see under pativratā; even a kṣatriya wife of a brāhmaṇa āhitāgni, if she died before him, was to be cremated with his sacred fires, acc. to Viśvarūpa 226, husband had to observe a brief āśauca on the death of a wife who had left him or had intercourse with another of the same or higher varṇa, but had to observe no āśauca if she lived with one of lower varṇa 290, of āhitāgni was cremated with his sacred fires and sacrificial implements if she died before him 225, of āhitāgni dying after him was to be cremated with *nirmanthya* fire 226, of brāhmaṇa, even of the śūdra caste, was not to drink surā 22, of dvija was forbidden the drinking of surā 21, of deceased dvija was made to lie on the wooden pile in cremation ground and then made to get up, acc to sūtras 207, of sacrificer in Varuṇapraghāsa had to confess whether she had a lover 37-38, 40, virtuous w. alone was cremated with śrauta or smārta fire 226, was given only two alternatives by Viṣṇudharma-sūtra and others on husband's death, viz becoming a satī or leading a life of perfect celibacy 256, was authorised to perform funeral rites and yearly and other śrāddhas for her husband with Vedic mantras by some late works, though some purāṇas were against this 259