Manava Dharmashastra 5.152
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.152
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.152
maṅgalārthaṃ svastyayanaṃ yajñaś cāsāṃ prajāpateḥ
prayujyate vivāhe tu pradānaṃ svāmyakāraṇam //
For the sake of procuring good fortune to (brides), the recitation of benedictory texts (svastyayana), and the sacrifice to the Lord of creatures (Pragapati) are used at weddings; (but) the betrothal (by the father or guardian) is the cause of (the husband's) dominion (over his wife).
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (7)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Manuṭīkā — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin — E. W. Hopkins, English
- India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī — V. S. Agrawala, English
- The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day — A. S. Altekar, English