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Pindaniyukti
Vaivaahika Sambandha
Marriages used to take place at a young age. If a daughter or son grew up, their parents were encouraged that your son has become young, why don't you get him married? Lest he elopes with a promiscuous woman without getting married. Similarly, it was said for the daughter that if the marriage is not solemnized in time, the daughter may disgrace your clan. The daughter's marriage should take place before the onset of puberty.
Just as in the present times, in the then society also, the marriage of a daughter was performed by taking a daughter, like the marriage of Devadatta's sister with Dhanadatta and the marriage of Dhanadatta's sister with Devadatta. Although in ancient times, widow remarriage was not accepted, the woman used to observe the vow of chastity throughout her life, but as an exception, the widow of the brother-in-law used to marry the brother-in-law after the death of the brother-in-law.
If there was domestic strife with the first wife, the person used to think of remarrying. Out of the fear of co-wife, the wife would make that maiden different-gendered through the practice of Moolkarma, so that the husband could not remarry. Chandramukha, the wife of the merchant Dhanadatta, made the daughter of the seth different-gendered by feeding her medicines etc. When the fact of being different-gendered came to light, the husband did not marry her. Due to the jealousy of the co-wife, the co-wife used to get the fetus of the second queen aborted during pregnancy, so that her son could not become the crown prince.
In the third month of pregnancy, the pregnant woman experiences the most intense desire, which is called Dohaad. Dohaad and its fulfillment have an important place during the gestational period. If the Dohaad is not fulfilled, it affects both the pregnant woman and the fetus. According to Choornikara Agastyasinh, without the fulfillment of Dohaad, abortion or even death can occur. The Dohaad was fulfilled in one way or the other. King Jitashatru ordered the royal servants to bring golden-backed deer for the fulfillment of the Dohaad of Queen Sudarshana, as the queen had developed a craving to consume the meat of golden-backed deer.
After the birth of the child, the affluent people got the child nurtured and cared for by five types of wet nurses. The one who fed the milk was called Ankadhatri. The one who bathed the child was called Majjanadhātri, the one who adorned and decorated the child was called Mandanadhātri, the one who played with the child was called Kridāpanadhātri, and the one who held the child in her lap was called Ādānadhātri.