[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 3.44 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.44 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.44 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.44) śaraḥ kṣatriyayā grāhyaḥ pratodo vaiśyakanyayā vasanasya daśā grāhyā śūdrayotkṛṣṭavedane // > On marrying a man of a higher caste a Kshatriya bride must take hold of an arrow, a Vaisya bride of a goad, and a Sudra female of the hem of the (bridegroom's) garment. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.43) - [Next: 3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.45) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.44) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.44) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (4) - [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani.124.p47) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Ṣoḍaśamahādānavidhi (Hemādri)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.mahadana.sodasamahadanavidhi-hemadri.124.p47) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Dānakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri.danakhanda.134.p39) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.2.p7.7) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.44) · Pramāṇa