History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c26.28

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Bhār. gṛ. I. 11 says that there are four inducing reasons¹⁰²⁸ for marrying a particular girl viz. wealth, beauty, intelligence and family. If all four cannot be secured, wealth may be neglected (as the least important of all); then beauty may be neglected if there is intelligence and good family, but there is a difference of view as to the latter two, some preferring intelligence to family and others family to intelligence. Mānava gṛ. (I. 7. 6-7) adds a fifth inducement for marriage, viz. vidyā (learning) after beauty and before prajñā. Vide also Vārāha gṛ. 10.