[INDOLOGY] Svayaṃvara

[Howard Resnick]

Sincere thanks!

Howard

> On Jun 27, 2022, at 2:16 AM, Lubomír Ondračka <ondracka at ff.cuni.cz> wrote:
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> For references to svayaṃvara in the dharmaśāstras, see Kane's HDhŚ, vol. II, pt. 1., pp. 523-524 (3rd ed. 1997).
> For (a few) Vedic and more other sources (incl. dharmaśāstars), see Hanns-Peter Schmidt, "To Choose or not to Choose: How Many Forms of Svayaṃvara", in Some Wome's Rites and Rights in the Veda, BORI 1987, pp. 76–109.
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> LO
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> On Sun, 26 Jun 2022 18:27:57 -0700
> Howard Resnick <hr at ivs.edu> wrote:
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>> I would appreciate help with the following:
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>> The marital custom of svayaṁvara is well known in itihāsa-purāṇa literature. Are there references to, rules for, or descriptions of this custom in Dharma-śāstras, or Śruti texts?
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>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Howard 
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