Dhammapada

SR No.: 007674
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Max Muller
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2540
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 45 MB

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I, 11, 30.
MARRIAGE.
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Prasna I, Adhyâya 11, KANDIKÂ 20. 1. (There are eight marriage-rites.
2. If the father) gives (his daughter) to a student (who has not broken his vow of chastity and) who asks for her, after fully enquiring into his learning and character, that (is) the rite of Brahman (brâhma).
3. If (the father gives his daughter away) after clothing her and decking her with ornaments, (saying) That is thy wife), fulfil the law (with her), that (is) the rite of Pragâpati (prâgâpatya).
4. If (the bridegroom) after offering the first burnt oblation of parched grain (receives the maiden) for a bull and a cow, that is the rite of the Rishis (ârsha).
5. If (a maiden is given) to an officiating priest within the sacrificial enclosure, while the presents are being taken away, that (is) the rite of the gods (daiva).
according to Manu VIII, 106, Vishnu VIII, 16, the oblations with the Kashmândas (Taitt. Ar. X, 3-5) are to be offered for uttering in evidence a venial falsehood. That is, no doubt, here, too, the real meaning.
20. 1. Vishnu XXIV, 17. • 2. Vasishtha I, 30. The word brahmakârin has, no doubt, as Govinda too contends, been used in the double sense of a student of the Veda' and 'chaste.'
3. Vishnu XXIV, 22.
4. Vasishtha I, 32. After the first of the burnt oblations of parched grain, which are prescribed for weddings, has been offered, the bridegroom shall give to him who has power over the maiden a bull and a cow, and receive them back together with the (bride).' -- Govinda.
5. Vasishlha I, 31. According to this rule the damsel is given
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