Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c12.s10.t7.1
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c12.s10.t7.1
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c12.s10.t7.1
The third type of marriage is the *Gāndharva* marriage. In this marriage the bride and bridegroom made their own choice without the knowledge of their guardians and were married without rites or ceremonies. Thus Raktasubhadrā married Arjuna without the consent of her parents.⁴⁰ We hear of king Siharaha of Puṇḍavaddhana, who married a girl by *Gāndharva* marriage.⁴¹