History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.827
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.827
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6\. Marriage with sagotra girls or with girls that are sapiṇḍas of the mother (such as the maternal uncle's daughter). Vide H. of Dh. vol. II. pp. 452–478 for prohibition on the ground of sapiṇḍa relationship, pp. 497 ff. for prohibition on the ground of gotra and pp. 458-463 for marriage with maternal uncle's daughter. The custom of marrying the maternal uncle's daughter has persisted to this day in many castes in spite of the inclusion of it among Kalivarjyas. An inscription at Nāgārjunikoṇḍa (3rd century A. D.) shows that Vīrapuruṣa-datta, son of Śāntamūla, married three daughters of his paternal aunts (E. I. vol. XX. p. 1).