barandi

In Chhattisgarh widows are known either as _barandi_ or _randi_, the _randi_ being a widow in the ordinary sense of the term and the _barandi_ a girl who has been married but has not lived with her husband.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

If a _barandi_ widow, that is one who has been married but has not lived with her husband, desires to marry again out of his family, the second husband must repay to them the amount spent on her first marriage.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894