Marriage is known to
everyone in different culture and with different rituals. Though marriage
generally mean to tie up a man and woman , there are various means to do that
depending on which we can name it. Atharva Veda mentions eight forms of
marriages and it goes like this
- Brahma marriage:- the father finds an educated man and proposes the marriage of his daughter to him
- Daiva marriage – the father gives away his daughter to a priest as sacrificial fees
- Arsha marriage – the groom gives a cow and a bull to the father of the bride and the father exchanges his daughter in marriage
- Prajapatya marriage- a couple agree to get married by exchanging some mantras
- Gandharva marriage - the couple live together out of love by mutual consent
- Asura marriage- the groom offer a dowry to the father of the bride and he receives the bride in exchange
- Rakshasa marriage- the groom forcibly abduct the girl and marry
- Paishacha marriage – where a man forces himself on a woman when she is drunken or unconscious
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