A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Divorce
This page describes Divorce which is located on page 538 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Divorce” according to 15 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi [by Ganganatha Jha]
‘Divorce’, ‘Casting off’, has already been explained as consisting in dropping intercourse with her, and avoiding her bed. ‘Family’—Relations, on the woman’s father’s side, as also those of the husband’s own side.—(83) Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha ‘Kula’—‘His own relations as well as the wife’s parental relations’ (Medhatithi);—‘either the family members or the public, according to circumstances’ (Raghavananda)....
Read full contents: Verse 9.83
Kautilya Arthashastra [by R. Shamasastry]
But from mutual enmity, divorce may be obtained (parasparam dveshanmokshah). If a man, apprehending danger from his wife, desires divorce (mokshamicchet), he shall return to her whatever she was given (on the occasion of her marriage). If a woman, under the apprehension of danger from her husband, desires divorce, she shall forfeit her claim to her property; marriages contracted in accordance with the customs of the first four kinds of marriages cannot be dissolved....
Read full contents: Chapter 3 - The Duty of a Wife
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) [by Somadeva]
It figures both in betrothal and marriage ceremonies, while the areca-nut as one of the means of pronouncing a divorce (taleue’, from the Arab, talaq) is for the husband to take three fragments of ripe areca-nut and hand them over one by one with a kind of dignified anger to the wife with the words “one taleuë’, two taleuë’, three taleuë’ thou art to me but as a sister in this world and the next.”...
Read full contents: Part 7 - Sumatra
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