[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) › [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler) › 3.20 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.20 The Laws of Manu 3.20 - **Language:** English ### [3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.20) 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. - [Previous: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.19) - [Next: 3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.21) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3) ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.20) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.20) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.20) · Pramāṇa