Divorce by Mutual Consent : parasparam dveshánmokshah : Kautilya Arthasastra
Reference : Kautilya Arthasastra
A woman, hating her husband, can not dissolve her marriage with him against his will. Nor can a man dissolve his marriage with his wife against her will. But from mutual enmity, divorce may be obtained (parasparam dveshánmokshah). If a man, apprehending danger from his wife desires divorce (mokshamichhet), 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;
People are forever and for always telling me that there is no divorce for Hindus. Kautilya Arthasastra clearly talks about divorce and property arrangements etc. This was a pre-Christian, pre-Islamic, pre-Sikh period in India. These laws were laws of the Hindu people.
Jai Chanakya!! Looks like he was far more broad-minded than a few pontificating people of this century.
See Also : Vivara
