Pranamas to all my friends all over the world. I would like to know certain things. How marriage was arranged in those days for brahmins? In case of Kshatriyas, it is something different bcoz polygamy was allowed for them. They have various types of marriage. (If am not wrong they have seven types of marriage like love marriage, ghandarva etc.) EX: Dushyantha's marriage with Sakuntala. But that is not the case of Brahmins. For us it is only the sapthapati, that is being considered as marriage registration. My question is 1. Do they follow any things like matching Gothram, horoscope etc whatever we follow now-a-days?? Is there any instance in Sanskrit literatute or in vedic text that quotes these things. Regards !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AshA nAma manushyAnAm kAchit AshcharyasrinkalA | yayA badhA: pradhAvanti mukthA: tishdanti panguvat || Meaning is -- Desire is a strange type of chain! The one who are tied by this chain run here and there and the one who are free from this chain stand calmly at one place without moving, like an disabled person. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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