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  2. Hindu wedding - Wikipedia

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    The word vivāha originated as a sacred union of two people as per Vedic traditions, i.e. what many call marriage, but based on cosmic laws and advanced ancient practices. [3] Under Vedic Hindu traditions, marriage is viewed as one of the saṁskāras performed during the life of a human being, which are lifelong commitments of one wife and one ...

  3. Astrological compatibility - Wikipedia

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    Astrological compatibility (synastry) is the branch of the astrology, that is meant to show compatibility of romantic partners.A natal horoscope is a chart or map of the angles of the planets in the Solar System and their positions in the zodiac at the exact time of a person's birth.

  4. Marriage in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    It is the marriage performed after a non-consenting maiden is seized by force or abducted by a man. When such a maiden is abducted, she is described to weep as her relatives are assaulted and slain, and their house is wrecked. The marriage is then celebrated in the absence of the father of the bride by the family of her abductor.

  5. Varga (astrology) - Wikipedia

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    Astrology; Background; Worship of heavenly bodies; History of astrology; Astrology and astronomy; Glossary; Planets. Behenian; Classical; Zodiac; Traditions, types ...

  6. Gandharva marriage - Wikipedia

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    In Mahabharata, one of two major epics of Hindus, Rishi Kanva, the foster father of Shakuntala, recommends Gandharva marriage with the statement “The marriage of a desiring woman with a desiring man, without religious ceremonies, is the best marriage.” [9] Elsewhere in Mahabharata (iii:190.36), the epic says “No man any longer asks for ...

  7. Auspicious wedding dates - Wikipedia

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    Auspicious wedding dates refer to auspicious, or lucky, times to get married, and is a common belief among many cultures.. Although there are a few periods, such as the month of May, [1] which they agree on, a number of cultures, including Hindu, Chinese, Catholic, Scottish, Irish, Old English, Ancient Roman and Moroccan culture, favor and avoid particular months and dates for weddings.

  8. Svayamvara - Wikipedia

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    The Svayaṃvara ceremony of princess Damayantī, by Nandalal Bose. Svayaṃvara (Sanskrit: स्वयंवर lit. ' self-choice ') is a matrimonial tradition in ancient Indian society where a bride, usually from Kṣatriya (warrior) caste, selects her husband from a group of assembled suitors either by her own choice or a public contest between her suitors.

  9. Tajika Jyotish - Wikipedia

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    For example, there will be one Saham for marriage as there will be one for child birth. The tri-pataki map : This consists of a special charting of various planets as located in the birth chart in relation to the ascendant in the annual chart.