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NÂRADA.
XII, 42.
altar, to a priest, who officiates at a sacrifice, it is termed the Daiva form.
42. The union of a willing maiden with her lover is the fifth form, termed Gandharva. When a price is (asked for the bride by the father and) taken (by him), it is the form termed Asura.
43. The Rakshasa form is declared to consist of the forcible abduction of a maiden. Sexual intercourse with a woman during her sleep or while she is unconscious (of the approach of a man) constitutes the eighth form, the basest of all.
44. Of these, the (first) four, beginning with the Brahma form, are declared to be lawful; the Gândharva form is common to all castes); the three forms, which come after it, are unlawful.
45. (Besides the lawful wives) seven other sorts of wives are mentioned in order, who have previously been enjoyed by another man. Among these, the Punarbha (woman twice married) is of three kinds, and the Svairint (wanton woman) is fourfold.
*46. A maiden not deflowered, but disgraced by the act of joining the bride and bridegroom's hands, is
43. The term pramatta, translated by unconscious,' may either refer to a temporary or to a permanent derangement of the maiden's intellect.
44. Manu III, 23-26; Apastamba II, 5, 12, 3; Gautama IV, 14, 15; Baudhâyana I, 20, 10-16; Vishnu XXIV, 27, 28.
45. The fact that Narada treats Punarbhûs, remarried women,' as being only one degree superior to Svairinis, wanton women,' and belonging like the latter to the category of women previously
ed by another man, indicates the low estimation in which he holds remarried women, though remarriage is a perfectly legitimate proceeding, according to him, in certain cases. Manu V, 163; Yâgñavalkya I, 67. Read trividhâ in the text.
46. The act of joining the bride and bridegroom's hands, the marriage ceremony. Vasishtha XVII, 20; Manu IX, 176; Vishnu XV, 8.
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| SR No. | 007685 |
| Book Title | Grihya Sutras |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hermann Oldenberg |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1886 |
| Total Pages | 2642 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |