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XXIV, 22.
WOMEN.
IO/
10. Nor (should he marry) one descended from
his maternal ancestors within the fifth, or from his
paternal ancestors within the seventh degree;
11. Nor one of a low family (such as an agricul-
turer’s, or an attendant of the king’s family);
12. Nor one diseased;
13. Nor one with a limb too much (as e. g. having
six fingers);
14. Nor one with a limb too little;
15. Nor one whose hair is decidedly red ;
16. Nor one talking idly.
17. There are eight forms of marriage :
18. The Brahma, Daiva, Arsha, Pra^apatya, Gan-
dharva, Asura, Rakshasa, and Pahala forms.
19. The gift of a damsel to a fit bridegroom, who
has been invited, is called a Brahma marriage.
20. If she is given to a Ri\N\g (priest), while he
is officiating at a sacrifice, it is called a Daiva
marriage.
21. If (the giver of the bride) receives a pair of
kine in return, it is called an Arsha marriage.
22. (If she is given to a suitor) by his demand, it
is called a Pra^apatya marriage,
or from some other subdivision of the Bhrzgus or Angirasas,
excepting the (zamadagnas, Gautamas, and Bharadva^as ; and the
term Pravara, to the Mantrakrz’ts of one’s own race, i. e. the ances-
tors invoked by a Brahmazza at the commencement of a sacrifice.
Nand.’s interpretation of the last term is no doubt correct; but it
seems preferable to take Gotra in the sense of ‘ family name ’
(laukika gotra), and to refer the term samanarsha to descent from
the same 7?zshi (vaidika gotra). See Dr. Buhler’s notes on Apast.
II, 5, 11, 15, and Gaut. XVIII, 6; Max Muller, History of Ancient
Sanskrit Literature, pp. 379-388 ; Weber, Ind. Stud. X, 69-81. If
arsha were connected with pravara, the whole compound sama-
narshapravara would denote ‘ a woman descended from the same
7?zshi ’ = samanarsha, Y. I, 53, and samanapravara, Gaut. XVIII, 6.
WOMEN.
IO/
10. Nor (should he marry) one descended from
his maternal ancestors within the fifth, or from his
paternal ancestors within the seventh degree;
11. Nor one of a low family (such as an agricul-
turer’s, or an attendant of the king’s family);
12. Nor one diseased;
13. Nor one with a limb too much (as e. g. having
six fingers);
14. Nor one with a limb too little;
15. Nor one whose hair is decidedly red ;
16. Nor one talking idly.
17. There are eight forms of marriage :
18. The Brahma, Daiva, Arsha, Pra^apatya, Gan-
dharva, Asura, Rakshasa, and Pahala forms.
19. The gift of a damsel to a fit bridegroom, who
has been invited, is called a Brahma marriage.
20. If she is given to a Ri\N\g (priest), while he
is officiating at a sacrifice, it is called a Daiva
marriage.
21. If (the giver of the bride) receives a pair of
kine in return, it is called an Arsha marriage.
22. (If she is given to a suitor) by his demand, it
is called a Pra^apatya marriage,
or from some other subdivision of the Bhrzgus or Angirasas,
excepting the (zamadagnas, Gautamas, and Bharadva^as ; and the
term Pravara, to the Mantrakrz’ts of one’s own race, i. e. the ances-
tors invoked by a Brahmazza at the commencement of a sacrifice.
Nand.’s interpretation of the last term is no doubt correct; but it
seems preferable to take Gotra in the sense of ‘ family name ’
(laukika gotra), and to refer the term samanarsha to descent from
the same 7?zshi (vaidika gotra). See Dr. Buhler’s notes on Apast.
II, 5, 11, 15, and Gaut. XVIII, 6; Max Muller, History of Ancient
Sanskrit Literature, pp. 379-388 ; Weber, Ind. Stud. X, 69-81. If
arsha were connected with pravara, the whole compound sama-
narshapravara would denote ‘ a woman descended from the same
7?zshi ’ = samanarsha, Y. I, 53, and samanapravara, Gaut. XVIII, 6.