Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4819

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4819

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c9.4819

2) Eight kinds of marriages. The woman and man should not be of the same Gotra (family). One could marry a girl who is above seven generations on the paternal line and above five generations on the maternal line. Eight types of marriages allowed in Manusmṛti, Chapter 3, are given below :

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Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit