History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.507

v6.c82.507

Then consideration is to be given to the nakṣatras, the week days, the positions of the planets, particularly Jupiter, Venus, Sun and Moon. But before doing so I would like to draw the attention of modern sticklers for astrological requirements about the marriage of a girl to the practical advice and wise words of the Rājamārtaṇḍa and Bhujabala composed in the first half of the 11th century A. D. The Rājamārtaṇḍa⁹²⁶ says 'when (an invading) king has seized a country or when war is raging or when the life of the parents is in danger, a maiden who is very much grown up is not to wait for an (auspicious) time; when a maiden is very much grown up, but does not act against the rules of dharma she should be given in marriage, even though she is impure, without minding whether the Moon and the *lagna* are powerful'. The Bhujabala⁹²⁷ (or Bhujabalabhīma) provides 'the sages declare that in the case of maidens the auspiciousness of planets and of the year, the month, *ayana*, season and days is to be considered only before maidens reach the age of ten years'.