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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMACAR陌YA峁�
but in vain. V膩nara Sugr墨va, in accordance with the wishes of his
daughter, Padmar膩ga married her to Hanumat (19.40). It was
because of the request of Vidy膩dhar墨 Padma that her father with-
drew from attacking 艢r墨kantha and allowed her to marry 艢r墨ka峁囜弓ha
(6.24-26). There is a single instance when king Acala forcibly married
his son to many girls in order to prevent him from renouncing the
world (82.69).
Due Consultations:-Guardians of the brides held due consultations
and after having considered various factors, they selected bridegroom.
King Mahendra took advice of his ministers and on the ground of
merits he rejected others and selected Pavana帽jaya for his daughter,
A帽jan膩 (15.14-27). Similarly Maya (8.3) and Rava峁嘺 counselled with
their ministers before settling their daughters' marriage (12.1). When-
ever the father was unable to decide for himself, he sought help from
others. Thus when T膩r膩 was simultaneously demanded by Vidyadhara
prince S膩hasagati and Sugr墨va, her father took advice of a monk. He
predicted short span of life of Sahasagati. Then the choice fell to
Sugr墨va, (10.4-8).
Considerations in Marriage-alliance:-The status of family, conduct.
good-looking features and parity in age were the main considerations
for contracting marriage-alliances. King P峁泃hu was not willing to offer
his daughter to Anku艣a, because the former was quite ignorant of the
family of the latter (na ya najjai kulava峁僺o 98.8). It was on account
of the noble family and noble qualities (sundarakula sambh帽o gunehi
d奴ra峁� samuvvahai 8.6) of Ravana that Maya married his daughter
Mandodari to him. King Puspottara was requested by the envoy of
Kirtidhavala to marry his daughter to 艢r墨kantha because 艢r墨ka峁囜弓ha
belonged to 鈥榰ttamakula' and possessed 鈥榰ttamacarita' (6.17) as well
as 'uttamarupa' (6.18). R膩vana married his daughter to such a person
who belonged to a noble family 'visuddhakulava峁僺a' (12.2), who was
dear to people (vinaya gunadharo logassa ya vallaho 12.4) and possessed
decorum as well as good qualities (lakkha峁噊vaveo 12.3). Minister
Sumati had advised Mahendra to marry Anjan膩 to Vidyutprabha be-
cause he possessed both 鈥榞una' and 'r奴pa' (15.21). Vajrajangha was
in search of such a bride for Anku艣a that she could stand equal to
Ankusa in 'r奴pa' (ruve峁嘺 a峁噓sariccha峁� 98.3). Pavana帽jaya was pre-
ferred to others as a bridegroom of A帽jan膩 because he surpassed even
the cupid in beauty and health (ruvena jovva峁噀峁嘺 k膩massa sirim
vi岣峚mbei 15.27). Therefore, it is said in the PCV that both
the parties should have parity in status, character and physique.鹿
1. Uttamapuris膩峁嘺 jae sa峁僯ogo hoi uttamehi sam am, aham膩峁嘺 majjhim膩峁嘺 ya
sariso sarisehi v膩 hojj膩鈥揚CV, 6.19,