Social Life in Ancient India: Studies in Vatsyayana's Kamasutra c8.133

c8.133

Vātsyāyana considers several other cases also: if the girl cannot make up her mind, then the man should, with the help of another lady of good family, have the maiden brought to a secret place on some pretext, and have the rites performed as before¹. When the marriage of the girl has been settled with some other person and the date of the nuptial ceremony draws near, then he should by all means turn her mother against the match, by having recounted to her the faults and defects of the prospective bridegroom, and with her consent have the girl brought to a neighbour's house and get the nuptials celebrated; or he may place the brother of the girl under great obligation to himself, and with his help get the girl brought to a secret place and married to him as described above². All these are supposed to represent the Gāndharva form of marriage.