[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.512 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.512 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.512 - **Language:** English ### [c8.512](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.512) Third chapter. It contains the duties of a householder after his course of study of the Vedas. Eight different kinds of marriages are described in it. It also deals with methods of giving protection to women and children. - [Previous: c8.511](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.511) - [Next: c8.513](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.513) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.512](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.512) · Pramāṇa