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# Samvartta Smriti 68

Saṃvartasmṛti 68

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.samvarta.68)

tasmādvivāhayet kanyāṃ yāvannarttumatī bhavet  
vivāho'ṣṭamavarṣāyāḥ kanyāstu praśasyate

> Therefore, one should give a maiden in marriage before she attains her menses; / the marriage of an eight-year-old maiden is praised.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.samvarta~en-mt.68) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.142.67) — Sanskrit
- [Vaidyanāthīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.vaidyanathiya.7.30-8) — Sanskrit

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