[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) › [Vaishnava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) › 54.16 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 54.16 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 54.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [54.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.54.16) parivittiḥ parivettā ca yayā ca parividyate dātā yājakaś ca cāndrāyaṇaṃ kuryāt || > An unmarried elder brother whose younger brother is married, a younger brother married before the elder, an unmarried elder sister whose younger sister is married, the relative who gives such a damsel in marriage, and the priest who officiates at such a marriage, must perform the Kândrâyana. > 17, He who sells living beings, land, religious merit (obtained by a sacrifice or otherwise), or Soma, must perform the Taptakrikkhra. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 54.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.54.15) - [Next: 54.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.54.17) - [Up: 54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.54) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.54.16) — Julius Jolly 1880, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Prāyaścittamayūkha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.prayascitta.bhatta.prayascittamayukha.15.88) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit - [Smṛtiviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiviveka.16.21) — Śūlapāṇi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.54.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.54.16) · Pramāṇa