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Ārsa-vivāha

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

Ārsa-vivāha literally means ‘marriage derived from the ṛṣis’.

Religion has accorded vivāha or marriage, the status of a ‘sanskāra,’ as a sacrament that purifies the embodied soul in its journey towards perfection.

Generally eight forms of marriage are described, out of which the ‘ārṣa’ (derived from the ṛṣis or sanctioned by the Vedas) is the third. In this form of marriage, the father of the bride gifts her away to a suitable man after accepting one or two pairs of cattle (cow, bull) as a gift, to fulfill the law and not as a sale of the girl. The kanyādāna (gifting of the maiden) is done in a ceremonial way.


References[edit]

  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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Krishna Maheshwari, Deval Sancheti

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