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SOC陌AL CONDITIONS 341 Guardian's Responsibility:-The act of marriage is often denoted
by the term 'p膩niggahana' (7.75;24.33;98.56). It was a symbol of
'sva-karana" which entailed the transfer of the authority of the parents
over the girl to the husband and for that the offering of the bride to
a bride-groom is indicated by the word 'dinna' (15.38). Thus the
responsibility of marriage lay with the guardians. King Mahendra
was worried for the marriage of his daughter, A帽jan膩 (15.36). V膩nara
Sugr墨va was in anxiety for getting a suitable husband for his daughter
Padmar膩ga (19 37; See also 51.18; 36.11). In these cases the initiative
is taken by the fathers of the girls and they get success in negotiations.
Sometimes the father of a boy took initiative. Vidyadhara Puspottara
had demanded the sister of V膩nara 艢r墨ka峁囜弓ha for his son (6.6). In
the absence of the father, the elder brother was responsible for the
marriage of his younger ones (6.6; 9.28, 50). In the case of Lava峁嘺
and Ankusa the two sons of S墨t膩, their guardian king Vajrajangha
arranged their marriage (98.1). In the absence of any guardian the
suitor himself made demand for a bride from her guardian (10.4-8).
Thus the PCV reveals that generally the guardians settled the marriage
of their sons and daughters. In the case of contest type of 'svayamvara'
marriage the father of the bride proposed a feat and in the selection
type too it must have depended upon the father of the bride to invite
or not a to invite a particular candidate. Further the accompanying
of the parents with the promising condidates in a 'svaya峁僾ara' indi-
cates that the consent or the wishes of the parents prevailed in the
鈥榮vaya峁僾ara' marriage also. Kaikeyi's initiative and then Dasaratha's
consent to the marriage of their son, Bharata with Subhadra the
daughter of Kanaka, the brother of Janaka of Mithila (28.131) indicates
that generally the father and the mother both were unitedly responsible
for the marriage of their children. One thing is to be noted that
though the marriage of the children dependend on the wishes of their
parents but in no case the marriage was a failure.
Wishes of the Children :-It is true that the parents settled the
marriage of their children but the wishes of the latter ware not altoge-
ther neglected. King Mahidhara betrothed his daughter to some other
person when he lost all hopes of getting Lak峁�ma峁嘺 who was greatly
cherished by his daughter. But when Lak峁�ma峁嘺 went there per chance
Mahidhara gladly gave his consent to his daughter to marry him.
(36.9-40). Vidy膩dhara Candragati tried his best to accomplish the wish
of his adopted son Bh膩mandala who wanted to marry S墨t膩 (28.9-75),
1. Pradanam sv膩mya kara峁嘺m'-Manu, 5.152.