Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c9.s4.5
Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c9.s4.5
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These law givers prescribe divorce and remarriage in case of a lady married to an impotent person. A woman is like a field — says Nārada — “and the agricultural field cannot be handed over to a man who has no seed”. Both Parāśara and Nārada make a provision for remarriage of women in five situations: