[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v2.c26.11 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c26.11 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c26.11 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c26.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.11) Marriage is a composite rite comprising several subordinate elements which have to be done in a certain order and the last of which is seeing the constellation of the seven sages; it (rite) brings about the status of a woman as a person's wife.¹⁰¹⁸ - [Previous: v2.c26.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.10) - [Next: v2.c26.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.12) - [Up: v2.c26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.11) · Pramāṇa