Thank you Tim! This is extremely helpful. All the best, Howard
> On Sep 6, 2022, at 7:09 PM, Lubin, Tim <[email protected]> wrote: > > Howard, > > How about the vivāha ceremony in the Gr̥hyasūtras? I think some of these > could be treated as “vows” in a loose sense. > > KāṭhakaGS 25.28 (with many variations in other GSs): > agnim abhidakṣiṇam ānīyehy aśmānam iti varaṃ dakṣiṇena padāśmānam āsthāpayati > / > “ehy aśmānam ātiṣṭhāśmeva tvaṃ sthiro bhava / > kr̥ṇvantu viśve devā āyuṣ te śaradaḥ śatam” // > > Or in the mantras of the saptapadī rite, in which the groom leads the bride > around the fire saying: > e.g. Pāraskara 1.8.1–2: > athaināmudīcīṃ saptapadāni prakrāmayati > “ekamiṣe dve ūrje trīṇi rāyaspoṣāya catvāri māyobhavāya pañca paśubhyaḥ ṣaḍ > ṛtubhyaḥ sakhe saptapadā bhava sā māmanuvratā bhava” |1| > “viṣṇus tvānayatv” iti sarvatrānuṣajati |2| (this says to add “viṣṇus > tvānayatu” after each of the step mantras in 1 above, as in the > > Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa 3.7.7.11 = 3.7.7.89 in BS ed. > (j) “ekam iṣe viṣṇus tvānvetu > dve ūrje viṣṇus tvānvetu > trīṇi vratāya viṣṇus tvānvetu > catvāri māyobhavāya viṣṇus tvānvetu > pañca paśubhyo viṣṇus tvānvetu > ṣaḍ rāyas poṣāya viṣṇus tvānvetu > sapta saptabhyo hotrābhyo viṣṇus tvānvetu > (k) sakhāyaḥ saptapadā abhūma sakhyaṃ te gameyam” > > Or, my favorite, the mantra to unite minds and wills (this version from the > [Gobhila] Mantra-Brahmaṇa 1.2.21, but versions elsewhere): > “mama vrate te hr̥dayaṃ dadhātu > mama cittam anu cittam te astu / > mama vācam ekamanā juṣasva > br̥haspatis tvā niyunaktu mahyam” // > > Since the mantras are only in the mouths of men (in the traditional form of > the rites), they are one-directional and patriarchal, but I imagine they > could be recited jointly or reciprocally by both spouses to make things more > egalitarian. > > Best wishes, > Tim > > Timothy Lubin > Jessie Ball duPont Professor of Religion, and Adjunct Professor of Law > Head of the Law, Justice, and Society Program > 204 Tucker Hall > Washington and Lee University > Lexington, Virginia 24450 > > https://lubin.academic.wlu.edu/ > <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flubin.academic.wlu.edu%2F&data=04%7C01%7CLubinT%40wlu.edu%7C118620c8eb3b4049237308d886c1df18%7Cd1a80622a99943e58eb67873905e939e%7C1%7C0%7C637407514521888642%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=KGZJIHllkEOJZN9s48rB6YkrExmYG1owecyuPn%2FuR%2Bg%3D&reserved=0> > > http://wlu.academia.edu/TimothyLubin > <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwlu.academia.edu%2FTimothyLubin&data=04%7C01%7CLubinT%40wlu.edu%7C118620c8eb3b4049237308d886c1df18%7Cd1a80622a99943e58eb67873905e939e%7C1%7C0%7C637407514521888642%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=etrMzh0RHx8819v5PH6KeTgeHQpeNVqeSUP62IDVn9c%3D&reserved=0> > > https://hcommons.org/members/lubin/ <https://hcommons.org/members/lubin/> > https://ssrn.com/author=930949 > <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fssrn.com%2Fauthor%3D930949&data=04%7C01%7CLubinT%40wlu.edu%7C118620c8eb3b4049237308d886c1df18%7Cd1a80622a99943e58eb67873905e939e%7C1%7C0%7C637407514521888642%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=F9JfpSkLrSfrImfMeIXPIjpUIVYIYcwfbvm8dqcxedE%3D&reserved=0> > https://dharma.hypotheses.org/people/lubin-timothy > <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdharma.hypotheses.org%2Fpeople%2Flubin-timothy&data=04%7C01%7CLubinT%40wlu.edu%7C118620c8eb3b4049237308d886c1df18%7Cd1a80622a99943e58eb67873905e939e%7C1%7C0%7C637407514521898628%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=sncUovdIh9wA0ezo8n2xpYpllaMKMetH86tMA6Jtg9A%3D&reserved=0> > (h) > > > From: INDOLOGY <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Howard Resnick > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at 9:04 PM > To: INDOLOGY <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: [INDOLOGY] Ancient wedding vows > > Dear Scholars, > > Do we have ancient Sanskrit texts with actual wedding vows? Are there > specific vows for kṣatriyas and brāhmaṇas? > > I’m looking for wedding vows, rather than spontaneous proposals of marriage > like these: > > MBh CE CE 1.67.3 Duḥṣanta said to Śakuntalā: bhāryā me bhava, “Become my > wife.” > > MBh CE 1.139.24 Hiḍimbā proposed to Bhīma, saying, among other flattering > things, bhajamānāṃ bhajasva mām “ choose/honor/love me who am loving [you]. > > Again, apart from such spontaneous proposals, are there actual ancient vows > at weddings? > > Many thanks for any help with this. > > Best wishes, > Howard
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