Jātaka Pārijāta
Chapter 16 · strījātakādhyāyaḥ · स्त्रीजातकाध्यायः · Verse 20
Sanskrit · DevanāgarīJātaka Pārijāta manuscript tradition
स्वैरिणी चा पति स्यक्त्वा सर्वणं कामतः श्रयेत् ।
अक्षतं च प्रजाद्वारं पुनर्भूः संस्कृता पुनः
IAST Transliteration
svairiṇī cā pati syaktvā sarvaṇaṃ kāmataḥ śrayet | akṣataṃ ca prajādvāraṃ punarbhūḥ saṃskṛtā punaḥ
TranslationsTwo-source verified
English

A female is styled wanton when she forsakes her husband and resorts to another of her caste from lust. A woman is said to be remarried when, her organ of generation being unbroken, she is taken anew as a wife another time with the proper matrimonial rites.

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