[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.c27.20 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c27.20 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c27.20 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c27.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.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. - [Previous: v2.c27.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c27.19) - [Next: v2.c27.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c27.21) - [Up: v2.c27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c27) ## Cites (2) - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit - [Saṃskārakaustubha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.nibandha.samskarakaustubha) — Anantadeva 1625, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c27.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c27.20) · Pramāṇa