Motif
self-choice marriage assembly
self_choice_marriage_assembly
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Bride Contest and Suitor Trials. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 65850-65967 confidence: high
Swayamvara is defined as self-choice or election of a husband by a princess or Kshatriya daughter at a public assembly of suitors.
The passage defines swayamvara as a public assembly where a princess or Kshatriya daughter chooses or elects a husband.
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