Manusmriti
कामं तु क्षपयेद् देहं पुष्पमूलफलैः शुभैः । न तु नामापि गृह्णीयात् पत्यौ प्रेते परस्य तु ॥ १५७ ॥
At her pleasure let her emaciate her body by (living on) pure flowers, roots, and fruit; but she must never even mention the name of another man after her husband has died.
english translation
kAmaM tu kSapayed dehaM puSpamUlaphalaiH zubhaiH । na tu nAmApi gRhNIyAt patyau prete parasya tu ॥ 157 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptकामं तु क्षपयेद् देहं पुष्पमूलफलैः शुभैः । न तु नामापि गृह्णीयात् पत्यौ प्रेते परस्य तु ॥ १५७ ॥
At her pleasure let her emaciate her body by (living on) pure flowers, roots, and fruit; but she must never even mention the name of another man after her husband has died.
english translation
kAmaM tu kSapayed dehaM puSpamUlaphalaiH zubhaiH । na tu nAmApi gRhNIyAt patyau prete parasya tu ॥ 157 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript