Types of Marriages in ancient indian literature :
Endogamy refers to marriage within a unit – this could be a kin group, caste, or a group living in the same locality.
Exogamy refers to marriage outside the unit.
Polygyny is the practice of a man having several wives.
Polyandry is the practice of a woman having several husbands.
kanyadana or the gift of a daughter in marriage was an important religious duty of the father.
Dharmasutras and Dharmashastras recognised as many as eight forms of marriage. Of these, the first four were considered as “good” while the remaining were condemned.
Gotra : Each gotra was named after a Vedic seer, and all those who belonged to the same gotra were regarded as his descendants. Two rules about gotra were particularly important:
- women were expected to give up their father’s gotra and adopt that of their husband on marriage and
- members of the same gotra could not marry.
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