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Are the details about this form of marriage present in detail in any scripture? Thanks …

Can a man with lower Tapasya marry a girl with higher tapasya..or will the boy will be afraid to approach the girl? There is an example of Tapati devi the daughter of Suryadev marrying King Samvarana( …

"गन्धर्वो विवाहः संज्ञो यः प्रेम्णा स्वेच्छया कृतः। अन्योन्यस्नेहसंयुक्तौ युवयोर्यः स समाहितः।" Does this verse imply sexual intercourse as a prerequisite for gandharva vivaha?

Pranam Suppose a perverted or a mentally unsound husband orders a wife to go someone else(to be with him(have sexual relation with him)) then I think it is adharmic.. My question is can wife disobey? …

Pranam, I read that a Brahmana boy may marry only a Brahmana(of his race),Kshatriya or a Vaishya girl.. And that a king can marry a woman of any race..(Mahabharata) 1)But is it possible for a Brahmana …

Does husband get a share of wife's sin? What do the scriptures say about this issue?

In case she be still a virgin, or having gone away comes back,—she is fit to undergo re-marriage with her second husband.—(176) What does 176 mean when she returns? Returns to whom? … How is marriage to second husband permissible as remarriage is not prescribed in hinduism? …

Does selecting itself mean marriage is done or actual marriage/union should take place between them to call it vivaha? …

Are marriage rituals mandatory after swayamvara? Or woman starts living like wife after swayamvara without rituals? What do the scriptures say …

It is said that solah sanskaras are necessary for a person to be considered an aryan..what if few sanskaras are missed? Is there any prayaschitta for it?

Kindly explain the following verses which define gandharva marriage.. श्रुत्वा गन्धर्वमाश्रित्य विवाहं मन्त्रवित्पुमान्। कन्यां ददौ महाभागां स्त्रीरत्नं विविधं व्रजेत्।। … What does varayed here mean does it mean "marries(undergoes marriage ritual" or just chooses a youth as husband and starts staying with him? …

And their anti scriptural instructions? Kindly mention scriptural references.. Also any references that illegal order of husband should be disobeyed..

Namaste, In Manu Smriti and Mahabharata it is said that a Brahmana may first marry a Brahmana Girl then a Kshatriya a Vaishya and a Sudra girl in this order.But we see in Mahabharata and Ramayana that …

It is allowed for a Brahmana to marry a Kshatriya woman taking her as his second wife(Anuloma Vivaha)..But are there cases in Puranas and Itihasas that describe a Brahmana marrying a Kshatriya first?

Namaste, Is there any mention in our scriptures about a man marrying a girl of different kingdom? Of course there are mentions about kings..but are there mentions about other varnas like Brahmanas or …