| William Joseph Wilkins - 1887 - 548 pàgines
...of obedience to others. " By a girl, or by a young woman, or by a woman advanced in years, nothing must be done, even in her own dwelling-place, according...lord being dead, on her sons. A woman must never seek independence." * The commentators add a few words to provide for all contingencies: "If she have no... | |
| Dayaran Gidumal Shahani - 1889 - 472 pàgines
...nearest female relations."! "By a girl or by a young woman, or by a woman advanced in years, nothing must be done, even in her own dwelling-place, according to her mere pleasure."! " Women have no business with the texts of the Veda ; this is the law fully settled ; having therefore... | |
| Edward Payson Tenney - 1895 - 714 pàgines
...religious rite, no fasting." "By a girl, or by a young woman, or by a woman advanced in years, nothing must be done, even in her own dwelling-place, according...lord being dead, on her sons. A woman must never seek independence."1 "If a man goes on a journey," quoth Hindu law, "his wife shall not divert herself in... | |
| Mrs. Marcus B. Fuller - 1900 - 372 pàgines
...dependence. ' They enjoin that by a girl, or by a young woman, or by a woman advanced in years, nothing must be done, even in her own dwelling-place, according to her mere pleasure; in childhood a female must be dependent on (or subject to) her father; in youth, on her husband : her lord being... | |
| Edward Payson Tenney - 1910 - 452 pàgines
...young woman, or by a woman advanced in years, nothing must be done, even in her own dwelling place, according to her mere pleasure. In childhood must...lord being dead, on her sons. A woman must never seek independence."- "If," it is said in the laws of Manu, "a man goes on a journey, his wife shall not... | |
| Stephen Haley Allen - 1916 - 1264 pàgines
...in years, nothing must be done even in her own dwelling place, according to her mere pleasure. 148. "In childhood must a female be dependent on her father;...on her husband ; her lord being dead, on her sons ; if she have no sons, on the near kinsmen of her husband; if he left no kinsmen, on those of her father;... | |
| P. V. Jagadisa Ayyar - 2001 - 192 pàgines
...young woman, or by a woman advanced in years, nothing must be done, even in her own dwelling place, according to her mere pleasure. ' In childhood must...on her husband ; her lord being dead, on her sons ; if she have no sons, on the near kinsmen of her husband ; if he left no kinsmen, on those of her... | |
| Yu-ning Li - 1992 - 294 pàgines
...first century AD The following quotations are from chapter 5, "On Diet, Purification, and Women." 148. In childhood must a female be dependent on her father;...on her husband; her lord being dead, on her sons; if she has no sons, on the near kinsmen of her husband; if he left no kinsmen, on those of her father;... | |
| Terence Ball - 1994 - 330 pàgines
...woman', it is added, 'is never fit for independence . . . In childhood must a female be dependant [sic] on her father; in youth, on her husband; her lord being dead, on her sons: a woman must never seek independence'.20 Another Hindu holy text, the Hetopadesa, contains a similar commandment: Tn infancy... | |
| 1828 - 864 pàgines
...young woman, or by a woman advanced in years, nothing must be done, even in her own dwelling plnce, according to her mere pleasure : In childhood must...being dead, on her sons : a woman must never seek independence. Him to whom her father has given her, or her brother with the paternal assent, let Iwr... | |
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