History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1928

v6.c81.1928

*Roca*—name of several vratas such as Māsopavāsa, Brāhma-roca, Kālaroca; to be begun on Cai. śu. 1 and continued for a month or a year; Vi Dh. (III. 222–223) describes them; chap 224 dilates upon the uncertain character of women, but winds up ‘women are the root of evils and also the means of securing *dharma*, *artha* and *kāma*; one should not trust them, but they should be guarded like a gem’ (verses 25–26).