Note 34 — Chapter XVIII · MOZOOMDAR ON THE MARRIAGE.
G. D. (George Devereux) Oswell translation
Stri-Achar.— The name given to certain ceremonies which are gone through amongst the women of a household where a marriage is being celebrated, the object being to promote conjugal felicity: one of the ceremonies consists in the ladies of the family taking pán and betel in their hands and offering up prayers for the welfare of the bridegroom.