Social Life in Ancient India: Studies in Vatsyayana's Kamasutra c8.72
Social Life in Ancient India: Studies in Vātsyāyana's Kāmasūtra c8.72
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of the bridegroom. We are told in a hymn of the *Ṛgveda* that when the god Soma was desirous of getting a bride, the two Aśvins became his *varas* or wooers, and presented the suit before *savitṛ*, the father of the bride,¹ and we are assured by another verse in the same hymn that when the Aśvins went in their three-wheeled car, soliciting the marriage of Sūryā, all the Gods signified their assent.² The *Gṛhya-Sūtras* also prescribe that *Varas* or wooers are to be sent for selecting the girl.³