Uttara Kālamṛta
Chapter 9 · Rites and Rituals · Verse 4
Sanskrit · DevanāgarīUttara Kālamṛta manuscript tradition
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The counting must always be made with reference to a common ancestor of the parties. The rule regarding Sapindya has to be followed strictly. Also the standard of particular families and countries should not be violated. In all possible and available ways and connections, the relationship with the other family must be strictly researched and examined. Sapinda means a person who has an equal relationship with the pinda (body) of the common ancestor. The body consists of six koshas (sheaths), bones, muscles and marrow derived from the father, and skin, flesh, and blood derived from the mother. If this common ancestry is not of a binding nature, or even when it is strong, if there is no question of inheriting the property, we permit marriage. UATE WAST WaT eat erat a qara factenwradt AT BHATTI & 1 Here is an exception. When a woman deserts her husband and starts living with another, the husband can marry her sister, if he desires to have children. This is an exccption to the rule that one’s daughters should not be married in the same family or to the sons of the same parents. If there are girls who are twins they can be married to the twin brothers. wart ay fat SAAT ART mig wats fara at nafar menera AMT Aa yR aaea a At aT a SÈT, N 9 Second Kanda 209 A person may have children from his second wife. Then the son born to the first wife gets into. Sapindya relationship for three generations. If the first wife has no children, the daughter of a paternal uncle will not claim the relationship of a mother to the son mentioned above. That is, he can marry her though she stands in the relationship of a mother, because she is the cousin of his step mother. The step mother's sister's daughter also cannot be a sister to him. He can marry her.

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