Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c12.s1.92

c12.s1.92

*Re-marriage.* There is, again, a difference between Kauṭilya and the later law-givers in regard to remarriage of women. According to Manu, the sacred texts do not allow remarriage of widows, and it is condemned by the learned as fit for animals [IX, 65, 66]. He also states emphatically that a maiden can be given in marriage only once [IX, 47]. He does not allow a widow even to mention the name of another man in connection with marriage [V, 157].