vidhava-punarvivaham =>? young widow => bala vitantu
=>? money for younger women => kanyasulkam
Just speculating ...
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From: Bapa Rao <brao@pollux.usc.edu>
>From Srinivasa Rao garu:
> I am interested in finding out the origins of these two to the
> extent we have in print. How did the transition took place from
> Kanyasulkam to Varakatnam ? What are the best known works ( books, plays
> and movies) on Varakatnam.
As far as I know kanyaasulkam was a mostly localized phenomenon of
the "Kalinga" or Northeastern region, that too among small communities
such as the Brahmins. While I have no idea about the marriage customs
of AP of that period, I am quite sure they must have quite a lot
of variation. So, I am not sure that there was any well-defined
the eponymous play died away over time.
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My personal views.
Bapa Rao
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