marriage

[Guest guest]

The Hindu rules and practice of marriage are

well described in a book I came across at

Barnes and Noble: "The sexual history of ancient

India" by J.J.meyer. The title does not

connotate the modern meaning of sex. It is a

work by a German professor ( first published )

in 1930 and now reprinted )who derives all the

available data on marriage from the Ramayana

(Bombay edition) and Mahabharata (Kumbakonam

and bombay versions ). I browsed thru it ($9.95)

at the local Barnes & Noble, bargin book section.

It may provide the answers to the questions

we have been discussing. Refernces to the

source are quoted thruout the book. which

might have been a thesis topic dicsussing

rules of marriage in these Puranas.

Krishna Praba.