Volume-VI, Issue-V, September, 2020 |
অর্থশাস্ত্রে কথিত প্রাচীন ভারতের বিবাহ প্রথা এবং আধুনিক
সমাজে তার প্রভাব
অনিমা সাহু, স্বতন্ত্র
গবেষক, সংস্কৃত বিভাগ, বর্ধমান
বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত |
Received: 02.05.2020 | Accepted: 18.05.2020 | Published Online: 31.05.2020 | Page No: 50-57 | ||||
DOI: 10.29032/ijhsss.vol.6.issue.05W.068 | |||||||
The
Marriage System in Ancient India as Stated in Economics and Its Impact on
Modern Society Anima Sahu, Independent Researcher, Department of Sanskrit, University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
From the ancient periods it has been seen that marriage is a very important part of human
life. It is the process by which two people make their relationship public, official and
permanent. Marriage system has been carefully discussed in ‘Veda’, ‘Dharmashastra’,
‘Smriti’, ‘Epic’ etc. At the time of Vedic era the purposes of marriage were to enable a man
by becoming a householder, to perform sacrifice to the Gods and to producing sons. The
importance of marriage has been focused in Kautilya’s ‘Arthashastra’. At that time society
was allowed eight types of marriages such as ‘Brahma’, ‘Daiva’, ‘Arsha’, ‘Prajapatya’,
‘Gandharva’, ‘Asura’, ‘Rakshasa’ and ‘Paishaca’. Among them first four marriage
systems were given more priority and according to Kautilya these four systems were known
as ‘Dharma Vivaah’. After marriage, the duties and responsibilities of men-women and
their family members have been well mentioned in ‘Arthashastra’. The rules and laws
regarding ‘Stridhana’ (women’s property), widow marriage and remarriage have been
exhaustively elaborated in ‘Arthashastra’. In this research work we have discussed the aim
of marriage in modern civilized society or its importance and effect of the ancient marriage
to this modern life marriage system. Finally, conclusions have been drawn at the end of this
paper. Keywords: Arthashastra, Stridhana, Dharma Vivaah, Kautilya, remarriage, widow marriage |