[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.c26.93 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c26.93 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c26.93 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c26.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.93) The Āpastamba¹⁰⁶⁷ smṛti (in verse ed. by Jīvānanda I, p. 549, chap. IX) says that by marrying a girl of another caste a man incurred the sin of mahāpātaka and had to undergo the penance of 24 kṛcchras. The Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa (113. 34-36) narrates the story of king Nābhāga who married a vaiśya girl by the rākṣasa form of marriage and who consequently incurred sin. - [Previous: v2.c26.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.92) - [Next: v2.c26.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.94) - [Up: v2.c26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26) ## Cites (2) - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Āpastambasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.sakhiya.apastamba) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.93) · Pramāṇa