Manava Dharmashastra 3.53
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.53
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- Sanskrit
3.53
ārṣe gomithunaṃ śulkaṃ ke cid āhur mṛṣaiva tat
alpo 'py evaṃ mahān vāpi //
Some call the cow and the bull (given) at an Arsha wedding 'a gratuity;' (but) that is wrong, since (the acceptance of) a fee, be it small or great, is a sale (of the daughter).
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (1)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text) — Sanskrit
- Smṛticandrikā — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Saṃskāraratnamālā (Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka) — Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka, Sanskrit