Note 108 — Chapter II
David Shea translation
According to Mr. Wilson, it is when the bridegroom gives to the bride, her father, and paternal relations, as much as he can afford. According to Ward, it is when money is received in exchange for a bride. Where a present is made to the father of the girl, the caste of the boy is not very respectable. In the most respectable marriages, the father not only gives his daughter without reward, but bears the expenses of the wedding, and presents ornaments, goods, cattle, and money to the bridegroom (Ward, vol. III. p. 163-168). Ward mentions eight kinds of marriage: 1. Bráhma, when the girl is given to a Brahman without reward; 2. Daíva, when she is presented as a gift at the close of a sacrifice; 3. Arsha, when two cows are received by the girl’s father; 4. Prájápatya, when the girl is given at the request of a Brahman; 5. Asura, as above; 6. Gandharva; 7. Rákshasha; 8. Piśhácha (Ward, ibidem).—D. S.