Compulsory Child marriage of a girl in Hinduism

Sourastra Das
2 min readDec 4, 2021

--

Child marriage which is an inhuman practice for the present society who claim that child marriage is not in Hinduism. This is my writing to make them aware

1 . Manu Smriti 9.94 A man, aged thirty years, shall marry a maiden of twelve who pleases him, or a man of twenty-four a girl eight years of age; if (the performance of) his duties would (otherwise) be impeded, (he must marry) sooner.
.
2. Manu Smriti 9.88 To a distinguished, handsome suitor (of) equal (caste) should (a father) give his daughter in accordance with the prescribed rule, though she have not attained (the proper age).
.
3. Parashar smriti 7.5-6 "The mother, and the father, and likewise the eldest brother, all these three relatives will go to hell, if before menstruation they neglect to marry the girl"
.
4. Padma Prana VI.118.2-15 “…A man should marry his daughter as long as she has not attained puberty. Wise men recommend a girl’s marriage when she is eight years old…”
.
5. Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Krishna Janma Khanda 76.43-52 “…Whoever having decorated his virgin daughter aged eight years with apparel reverentially makes a gift of her to a good Brahmin, reaps the benefits of the gift of Durga.”
.
6. Yama Samhita verse 22 “The father, who does give away [in marriage] his maiden-daughter after she has attained the twelfth year, drinks her menstrual blood, month after month.”

Author : Sourastra Das
References :
1 || G. Buhler - Manu Smriti
2 || MADHAV PANDEY - Parashar smriti
3 || GITA PRESS, GORAKHPUR - Brahma Vaivarta Purana
4 || GITA PRESS, GORAKHPUR - Yama Samhita verse
5 || Pictures - unicef.org

--

--

Sourastra Das
Sourastra Das

Written by Sourastra Das

Indian rationalist atheist Journalist photographer

No responses yet