Arthashastra 3.3.12: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 3, Sutra 12
भर्तारं द्विषती स्त्री सप्तार्तवान्यमण्डयमाना तदानीमेव स्थाप्याभरणं निधाय भर्तारमन्यया सह शयानमनुशयीत ॥ कZ_०३.३.१२ ॥
bhartāraṃ dviṣatī strī saptārtavāny amaṇḍayamānā tadānīmeva sthāpyābharaṇaṃ nidhāya bhartāram anyayā saha śayānam anuśayīta
जब बीवी पति से नफ़रत करती है, वो सात महीने तक अपने आप को सजाके नहीं रहती। फिर अचानक वो गहने पहन लेती है। अगर वो उस वक़्त पति के सामने आके लेटी है जब पति किसी और औरत के साथ है, तो यह भी गुनाह माना जायेगा।
FAQs
They operate as evidentiary heuristics for courts—patterned conduct is used to infer intent/hostility in fault-based marital adjudication.
As a deliberate act of lying down alongside/after, implying provocation or affront, rather than a neutral physical description.
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