Aryan Marriage

The institution of Marriage has played a key role, from the beginning of historic times, in moulding the character of the individual, and in preparing him for an orderly form of social living. With the passage of time and the progress of civilization, Marriage forged ahead as one of the strongest bonds of relationship between human beings, around which varying patterns of order and harmony were built up. The Aryan Marriage is a penetrating study of the institution of Marriage, and its stage by stage development among he Aryan tribes living in his country for centuries. The author correctly focuses attention on the basic differences between Hindu and European civilizations, and then goes for a threadbare analysis of the character and strength of the Aryan marriage ritual. He touches upon the Ganpathi pooja, the grah yagna, the sankalp of the bridegroom, Brahmachari life, Kanyadan, etc., with fitting relevance. Then with scholarly erudition, narrates the different stages off married life, starting with rituals and ending with Garbh Daan. The origin of the caste system and the tenants of Manu further cemented marriage as a basic institution of social living, with unique strength and cohesion, in spite of all those variations of form and formality. The author’s vivid and poignant descriptions of the Aryan Dampati or wedded life is a commendable probe into the social customs of people and their well-rooted past. With flair and verve, lucidity and pertinence, he narrates the higher creative moods, cohabitation, pregnancy, the number off children etc., all vital issues among a people who lived, loved, married in the pre-Red Triangle yester years!