[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953) › c8.s3.2 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s3.2 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s3.2 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s3.2) This formality was considered so important in marriage that Kātyāyana calls the legally wedded wife as \*pāṇi-gṛihītī\* (\*vār.\* on IV.1.52; \*Bhāshya\* II.221), whereas the girl married without proper ritual was marked out by the different term \*pāṇi-gṛihītā\* (\*yasyā hi yathākathaṁchit pāṇir-gṛihyate\*, II.221). \*SOCIAL EFFECT OF MARRIAGE\*—The legal effect of marriage is an important proposition in Hindu law. The term \*sva-karaṇa\* of Pāṇini is explained by Patañjali as 'making one's own what was not so previously' (\*asvaṁ yadā svaṁ karoti\*, \*Bhāshya\*, I.3.56; I.284). According to Manu marriage meant the gift (\*pradāna\*) of a girl by her parents by which they transferred their dominion over her to the bridegroom (\*pradānaṁ svāmya-kāraṇam\*, V.152). - [Previous: c8.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s3.1) - [Next: c8.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s3.3) - [Up: c8.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s3) ## Cites (2) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.4.1.52) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.152) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s3.2) · Pramāṇa