History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c27.20

v2.c27.20

*Arkavivāha*: When a man has the misfortune to lose by death two wives one after another, before marrying a third wife he goes through a ceremony of marriage with the *arka* plant. This is described in Saṁ. Pr. pp. 876-889, Saṁ. K. p. 819, Nirṇayasindhu, p. 328. It is described in Baud. gṛ. śeṣasūtra V. 5 also.