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There is no such thing as Brahmana or kshatriya wedding according to sasthras.
 
The marriages are of eight kinds according to Manusmrthi. they are, brAhama, daiva, Arsha, prAjApathya , gAndharva, Asura, rAkshasa and paiSAcha.
 
brAhma - This is done when the boy completes his brahmacharya , that is, gurukula vasa and the parents of the boy approaches the parents of the girl who consent to give their daughter satisfying themselves about the background and education in vedic lore of the boy . No dowry is given and no money transaction involved and the bride is given as  kanyadhana to the bridegroom.This is the highest and noblest kind of marriage.
 
daiva- In this kind of marriage when the girl cannot get a suitable bridegroom the parents, after waiting for a reasonable period, go to yajnasalas to find a priest to marry their daughter,who is decked with ornaments This is considered to be inferior because the girl's parents go on, looking for a suitable match instead of viceversa.
 
Arsha - A girl is married to a sage after exchanging two cows for the girl.This is because neither the parents of the girl nor the sage could affor a better kind of marriage. This is even inferior to the previous one because of the exchange of cows as the sasthra does not consider any marriage involving money or material transactions as noble.
 
prAjapathya- similar to brAhma but the parents of the girl go in search of bridegroom unlike the latter.
 
gAndharva- Similar to the love marriages of today where the girl and boy get married secretly without the consent of the parents. Typical example of this kind is that of Sakuntala and Dushyanyha.
 
Asura - When the groom is not at all suitable for the bride but gives a lot of wealth and to the bride's parents and get married . it is more or less like buying the girl.
 
rAkshasa-where the bridegroom fights and carries away the bride after defeating the opponents, and persuads her to marry him, often with the concent of the bride as in the case of Rukmini and Krishna or that of Prthvirakj  and Samyuktha of recent times.
 
pAisacha-The bride is taken against her will and is forced to marry.This was not sanctioned as per the sastras.
 
That Krishna carried away Rukmini and married her comes under rakshasa type of marriage which has no connection with the word rakshasas meaning asuras.Even the  act of Bhishma was pertaining to the rakshasa type of marriage which is of course commonly resorted to by kshatriyas.
 
The dictionary meaning of  teh word rakshasa may be consulted to prove this .
saroja Ramanujam


 
      
               Dr.  Saroja Ramanujam, M.A., Ph.D, Siromani in sanskrit.
 
 
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