Widows Under Hindu Law

Cover
Series
Widows Under Hindu Law
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
	Dharmaśāstra Literature
	Dharmaśāstra and Social Reality
	Structure of the Book
1. Widow Remarriage and Niyoga
	The Dharmasūtras
	Manu
	Later Smṛtis
	The Commentaries
	Bhāruci
	Kumārila
	Viśvarūpa
	Medhātithi
	Unpublished Commentary on the Yājñavalkya Dharmaśāstra
	Later Digests and Commentaries
	Conclusion
2. Widows’ Rights of Inheritance
	The Dharmasūtras
	Later Smṛtis
	The Early Commentaries
	Vijñāneśvara
	Later Digests and Commentaries
	Jīmūtavāhana
	Conclusion
3. Widow Asceticism
	The Dharmasūtras
	The Dharmaśāstras
	Early Hints of Widow Asceticism
	The Legal Digests
	Conclusion
4. Sati
	Earliest Sources
	The Smṛtis
	Medhātithi
	Unpublished Commentary on the Yājñavalkya Dharmaśāstra
	Vijñāneśvara
	Aparārka
	The Smṛticandrikā
	The Madanapārijāta
	Mādhava
	The Nirṇayasindhu and Dharmasindhu
	Conclusion
Summary
Appendix: A Widow’s Right to Adopt
Bibliography
Index