The Law Code of Devala 3.1: Kṛtyakalpataru · Saṃskāraratnamālā (Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka) · Gṛhastharatnākara
Devalasmṛti (fragments) 3.1
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.1
ete vivāhāś catvāro dharmyās toyapradānikāḥ | aśulkā brāhmaṇārhāś ca tārayanti dvayoḥ kulam || etān saśulkān sāmānyān vivāhāṃś caturo viduḥ | kevalaṃ kṣatriyasyaiva praśastatvāc ca rākṣasaḥ
How should their bathing, how their cleansing, how their penance be? / What conduct should they adopt? Tell us that in full detail.”
These four marriages, (given) with a libation of water, are lawful, without bride-price, fit for Brahmins, and save both families. The four (others) they know as marriages with bride-price, common (to all); the Rākṣasa only for the Kṣatriya, as approved (for him).
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Linked texts (3)
- Kṛtyakalpataru — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Gṛhastharatnākara — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit
- Saṃskāraratnamālā (Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka) — Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka, Sanskrit