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Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c12.s10.t1: Marriageable Age

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c12.s10.t1

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Marriageable Age

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Jain texts do not tell us definitely about the age of marriage. We are simply told that both a girl and a boy should be of an equal age (samānavaya). It seems that in ancient India late marriages were considered harmful. A popular saying is quoted that, if after the attainment of puberty of a maiden, her guardians fail to arrange for her marriage, they go to hell.¹⁹

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¹⁹ Pinda. Nir 500 ; cf for a similar view, Manu (IX, 88).

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