Sacred Laws of Aryas

SR No.: 007687
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Gorge Buhler
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1897
Total Pages: 1979
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 36 MB

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IV, 15.
HOUSEHOLDER.
5. (Nor) within four degrees on the mother's
side.
6. (If the father) gives (his daughter) dressed (in two garments) and decked with ornaments to a person possessing (sacred) learning, of virtuous conduct, who has relatives and a (good) disposition, (that is a) Brahma (wedding).
7. At the Prâgâpatya (wedding) the marriageformula is, 'Fulfil ye the law conjointly.'
8. At the Arsha (wedding the bridegroom) shall present a cow and a bull to him who has (authority over) the maiden.
9. (If the bride) is given, decked with ornaments, to a priest at the altar, that is a Daiva wedding.
10. The spontaneous union with a willing (maiden is called) a Gândharva wedding.
11. If those who have (authority over) a female are propitiated by money, (that is) an Asura wedding.
12. (If the bride) is taken by force, (that is) a Rakshasa wedding.
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13. If (a man) embraces a female deprived of consciousness, (that is) a Paisâka wedding.
14. The first four (rites) are lawful; 15. Some say, (the first) six.
5. Yâgй. I, 53.
6. Apastamba II, 5, 11, 17. 'Virtuous conduct (kâritra), i.e.
the performance of the acts prescribed (in the Vedas and Smritis), good disposition (sîla), i. e. faith in the ordinances of the law.'-Haradatta.
7. Manu III, 30; Yâgn. I, 60. 8. Âpastamba II, 5, 11, 18. 10. Apastamba II, 5, 11, 20. 12. Âpastamba II, 5, 12, 2. 14. Manu III, 24, 39.
9. Âpastamba II, 5, 11, 19. 11. Âpastamba II, 5, 12, 1. 13. Manu III, 34; Yâgñ. I, 61. 15. Manu III, 23.
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