Arthashastra

siva.sh/arthashastra/dharmasthiyam/15/11

विवाहानां तु त्रयाणां पूर्वेषां वर्णानां पाणि ग्रहणात् सिद्धम् उपावर्तनं, शूद्राणां च प्रकर्मणः ॥

sanskrit

(Marriage Contracts) ॥ As regards marriages among the three higher castes, rejection of a bride before the rite of pánigrahana, clasping of hands, is valid; likewise among the Súdras, observing religious rites.

english translation

vivAhAnAM tu trayANAM pUrveSAM varNAnAM pANi grahaNAt siddham upAvartanaM, zUdrANAM ca prakarmaNaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/dharmasthiyam/15/11

विवाहानां तु त्रयाणां पूर्वेषां वर्णानां पाणि ग्रहणात् सिद्धम् उपावर्तनं, शूद्राणां च प्रकर्मणः ॥

sanskrit

(Marriage Contracts) ॥ As regards marriages among the three higher castes, rejection of a bride before the rite of pánigrahana, clasping of hands, is valid; likewise among the Súdras, observing religious rites.

english translation

vivAhAnAM tu trayANAM pUrveSAM varNAnAM pANi grahaNAt siddham upAvartanaM, zUdrANAM ca prakarmaNaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript