History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c26.357

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¹²⁰⁵ Baud. Dh. I. 11. 5 दक्षिणासु नीयमानास्वन्तर्वेदि ऋत्विजे स दैवः । According to him the girl becomes part of the *dakṣiṇā* (fee) for officiating. But in the Vedas and Srauta sūtras a bride is nowhere spoken of as dakṣiṇā. Medhātithi on Manu III. 28 is against the idea of the bride being part of the sacrificial fee. Viśvarūpa also says so; but Aparārka p. 89 holds that the girl is given as fee.