Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.264
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.264
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v1.c3.s21.264
⁸² Cf. Delbrück, *op. cit.*, 574. Zimmer, *Altindisches Leben*, 309, asserts that the consent of parent or brother was needed, but no clear evidence of this can be adduced. The later custom is not conclusive, since it is bound up with the usage of child marriage, which deprived both son and daughter of any free choice. *Cf. ibid.*, 315; Kaegi, *Der Rigveda*, 15.