Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.46

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ally dangerous, 313; husband and wife *one body*, 410. Cf. Matrimony Marriage by capture, 55, 67, 92, 381, 425, 535 Marriage by purchase, 6, 55, 59, 63, 75, 100. Cf. Bride's payment Marriage by theft or fraud (paiśāca), 55, 94 Maruts: as gods of marriage, 60 Matriarchy, see Mother-right Matrimony: difficult for the daughter, 7; sacrament of woman, 54, 155; the different kinds, 55, 69, 92, 511; what kind of woman or women the man must or may marry, 57, 65; age on marriage, 58, 278; when the girl may give herself away in marriage, 58, 63 (?); the girl given away more than once, 58; agreement of the married couple makes the real marriage, 59, cf. 90; must be sealed with love, 60, cf. 65, 90; the woman's inclination therein important, add. to 76, 381, 386, add. to 471; one owes the wife to strength (combat, contest, etc.), 77, 87; younger brother (sister) does not marry before the elder, 105; only cripples in matters of love marry, 120; the woman is given to the family, 170; girl married to a girl stated to be a man (Çikhaṇḍin), 387; what sort of girls to avoid, 58, 434 note. Cf. Child-marriage, Love, Marriage