Kautilya's Arthashastra 3.2.2
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 3.2.2
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.2.2
kanyādānaṃ kanyām alaṃkṛtya brāhmo vivāhaḥ //
MARRIAGE precedes the other calls of life (vyavahára.) The giving in marriage of a maiden well-adorned is called Bráhma-marriage. The joint-performance of sacred duties (by a man and a woman) is known as prájápatya marriage.
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (5)
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit
- Śrīmūla — Gaṇapatisāstrin, Sanskrit