Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c12.s1.8

c12.s1.8

An exception is made in favour of agreements of class (1) (b) described above, which were entered into by a couple contracting a *gāndharva* marriage (*mithaḥ samavāye*) or of class (3) made by foresters (*araṇyacharāṇāṁ*), whether merchants (*Sārtha*), cowherds (*Vrajāh goshṭhavrittayo gopālāḥ*), denizens of forests (*Āśramo vanakuṭumbinaḥ*), hunters (*Vyādhāḥ Kirātāḥ*) and wandering acrobats (*Chāraṇāh laṅghanaplavanādijīvinaḥ*).