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The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 1.3.59

Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) 1.3.59

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1.3.59

pāṇir grāhyaḥ savarṇāsu gṛhṇīyāt kṣatriyā śaram |
vaiśyā pratodam ādadyād vedane tv agrajanmanaḥ ||

The hand is to be taken in the case of women of the same class; a Kshatriya woman should take an arrow; / a Vaishya woman should take a goad; in marrying [a woman of lower class], however, by a twice-born man.

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