Manava Dharmashastra 3.20
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.20
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.20
caturṇām api varṇānaṃ pretya ceha hitāhitān
aṣṭāv imān samāsena strīvivāhān nibodhata //
Now listen to (the) brief (description of) the following eight marriage-rites used by the four castes (varna) which partly secure benefits and partly produce evil both in this life and after death.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (1)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
Linked texts (5)
- Kṛtyakalpataru — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Smṛticandrikā — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Caturvargacintāmaṇi — Hemādri, Sanskrit
- Ṣoḍaśamahādānavidhi (Hemādri) — Hemādri, Sanskrit
- Gṛhastharatnākara — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit