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SOCIAL CONDITIONS 363 when her chastity was proved before the public. It means
that a satisfactory proof was required on the part of the
women to prove her purity and on production of such a proof
she was accepted by her husband. The chief queen Simhik膩 was
dishonoured by her husband merely on the doubt of her character
and that doubt had arisen on account of her open fight in a battle
against the enemy-kings when her husband was away from the
capital. When her purity was proved she was restored to her original
status (22.62,70).
Those who were proved to be unchaste were permanently
divorced by their husbands. Br膩hma峁嚹� 础驳苍颈濒腻
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was abandoned by
her husband on account of her unchastity (77.74). Similar was the
case with the queen Kira峁嘺ma峁囜笉al膩 who inspite of being warned
by her husband did not give up her bad habits (101.60). The
Narada Smrti says that a wife who commits adultery should be
divorced (12.90,92). Agnila is said to have been later on accepted
by king Kararuha as his wife (77.75). It indicates that the infidel
wives were divorced and it was just possible that such women could
find place in the harems of kings.
This was the lot of the woman-class but the male-class remained
unaccused or undivorced for infidelity. May be it, but the male-
class was equally responsible. Var膩hamihira has equally blamed
men for vices. He in his B峁沨atsa峁僪ita (Ch.74) rebukes males for
their sexual urges while praises women for their forbearance. He
says that men talk of love to their wives while they go astray outside.
He further remarks that women have more qualites than men
possess.
Consciousness of Self-Respect :-The PCV further reveals that
women were not altogether submissive. They were conscious of
their self-respect and on occasions they duly exhibited it.
It was
due to circumstances or the conditions of the society that even married
women were kidnapped and they had to become the wives of the
kidnappers. Similarly they had to suffer exile, dishonour and
abandonment of the slightest doubt on their character and they were
unable to oppose such impositions. But it was not true everytime.
There were occasions when their self-respect revolted against these
severities and they emphasised that they were not merely the commodi-
ties of market. Thus the PCV reveals that Candr膩bh膩, the wife
of a ruler, who was deceitfully separated from her husband and was
forcibly made his wife by an overlord Madhu, did not hesitate
and feel shy in rebuking Madhu for enjoying another man's wife