Marriage: 4 definitions
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Marriage means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)Marriage is associated with Khaṭakāvardhamāna-hasta: one of the thirteen Combined-hand Gestures (in Indian Dramas) (known as saṃyuktahastas), according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—The word khaṭakāvardhamāna is an amalgamation of two words viz., khaṭaka and vardhamāna. The word khaṭaka denotes a half closed hand and vardhamāna means increasing. In khaṭakāvardhamāna posture both of the hands are in khaṭaka position and one hand is placed upon another. [...] According to the Abhinayadarpaṇa, this posture is used to denote coronation, worshipping, marriage etc.
Source: Shodhganga: Literary estimate of mudraraksasaMarriage is denoted by the Sanskrit term Vivāha, and should be avoided on a stage (where a dramatic play is performed).—A Nāṭaka should contain pañcasandhis which indicate five successive stages of the drama. This criterion also is present in the Mudrārākṣasa. [...] In the Sāhityadarpaṇa, Viśvanātha gives a list of certain actions which should not be presented on the stage. These are [e.g., Vivāha (marriage)] [...].

Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Journal of South Asian Intellectual History: Samarasiṃha and the Early Transmission of Tājika AstrologyMarriage refers to one the “thirty-two astrological lots” (sahamas), as discussed in the fourth chapter of the Karmaprakāśa—one of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (Tājika) astrology authored by Samarasiṃha in the 13th century.—The so-called lots (Sanskrit: sahamas; Arabic: sahm, translating κλῆρος) are derived by measuring the longitudinal distance between two predefined points in a horoscope (typically two planets) and projecting it from a third point (typically the ascendant degree). Of these 32 lots [e.g., Marriage], all but two are present in what has become the most widespread list of Tājika sahamas, compiled some three centuries later by Nīlakaṇṭha and comprising 50 items.

Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
India history and geography
Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Marriage in ancient India (and associated festivities) are vividly depicted in the Kathās (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—The Kuvalayamala (779 A.D.) is full of cultural material which gains in value because of the firm date of its composition. [...] Page 170.21 f.: Twenty-four items are mentioned in connection with the marriage of Kuvalayamālā [...]. Page 171.1 f.: There is a beautiful description of marriage festivities; and the author has chosen for it a new metre of the amṛtadhvani type carrying the last part of the foregoing stanza into the first part of the succeeding stanza 11.18 f.).

The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Partial matches: Marriage, Te.
Full-text (+3372): Vivaha, Kanyadana, Panigrahana, Udvaha, Pariṇaya, Kautuka, Saptapadi, Panigraha, Upayama, Vaivahika, Audvahika, Shulka, Mangalasutra, Arshas, Caturthikarman, Granthibandhana, Atribharadvajika, Gandharvavivaha, Saubhagyatantu, Maithuna.
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Search found 363 books and stories containing Marriage, Marriages, The marriage; (plurals include: Marriages, Marriageses, The marriages). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Bhasa (critical and historical study) (by A. D. Pusalker)
Chapter 12 - Marriage laws and customs (during Bhasa’s time)
Chapter 7.9 - Study of the Bhasa’s Avimaraka
Bhaktavijaya: Stories of Indian Saints (by Justin E. Abbott)
23.13: Kabir’s advice to disregard caste < [Chapter 23 - Chokhamela, Namdev, Jiva and Tatva]
28.4: A merchant’s daughter married to Narsi’s son < [Chapter 28 - Marriage of Narsi Mehta’s son]
28.7: Krishna as marriage guest < [Chapter 28 - Marriage of Narsi Mehta’s son]
Brahma Purana (critical study) (by Surabhi H. Trivedi)
5. Age of Marriage < [Marriage, Family and Position of Women]
8. Limitations of Marriage-relationship < [Marriage, Family and Position of Women]
11. Inter-caste Marriages < [Marriage, Family and Position of Women]
Paumacariya (critical study) (by K. R. Chandra)
II.6. Marriage of Rama and his Brothers < [Chapter 3 - Comparative study of the Rama-story]
7. Marriage (in ancient Indian society) < [Chapter 7 - Social Conditions]
IX.4. Birth of the sons of Sita and her fire ordeal < [Chapter 3 - Comparative study of the Rama-story]
Dasarupaka (critical study) (by Anuru Ranjan Mishra)
Part 13 - Status of Women in the Ūrubhaṅga < [Chapter 8 - Utsṛṣṭikāṅka (critical study)]
Part 7 - Characters in the Rukmiṇīharaṇa < [Chapter 9 - Īhāmṛga (critical study)]
Part 13 - Status of Women in the Rukmiṇīharaṇa < [Chapter 9 - Īhāmṛga (critical study)]
Social Folk customs of the Sonowal and Thengal Kacharis (by Suravi Gohain Duwarah)
Part 2.3 - Marriage customs (of the Thengal Kacharis) < [Chapter 4 - Social folk customs of the Thengal Kacharis]
Part 2.3 - Changes in the Customs of Marriage < [Chapter 6 - Tradition and Change]
Part 2.3 - Marriage rites and Customs < [Chapter 3 - Social folk customs of the Sonowal Kacharis]
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