Swayamwara: A Marital Custom of the Indo-European Warrior Class

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Hosseinzadeh Behzad; REZAI BAGHBIDI HASSAN

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Journal: Iranian Studies Year:2017 | Volume:6 | Issue:2 Page(s): 1-22

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Swayamwara: A Marital Custom of the Indo-European Warrior Class

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Hosseinzadeh Behzad | REZAI BAGHBIDI HASSAN | Issue Writer Certificate

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SwayamwaraQ1

Warrior classQ1

Indo-EuropeanQ1

Marital customQ1

IndianQ1

GreekQ1

IranianQ1

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The present essay, entitled ‘ Swayamwara: A Marital custom of the Indo-European Warrior class’ , examines some Indian, Iranian, and Greek literary texts, while outlining a supposed custom of the Warrior class in the above-mentioned cultures. The custom is referred to in classical Sanskrit texts as ‘ Swayamwara’ , which means ‘ self-choice’ . One of the two forms of the custom, which in the present essay will be called Form B (or ‘ Swayamwara by free will’ ), comprises a free-will choice by a princess or a warrior-class girl of her husband from among a gathering of noble suitors assembled for this very purpose. There are both explicit and implicit hints in the examined texts that the custom was that of the Warrior class while there is, as well, evidence to the contrary. I have tried to reconcile these apparent contradictions.

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Hosseinzadeh, Behzad, & REZAI BAGHBIDI, HASSAN. (2017). Swayamwara: A Marital Custom of the Indo-European Warrior Class. IRANIAN STUDIES, 6(2 ), 1-22. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/225172/en

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Hosseinzadeh Behzad, REZAI BAGHBIDI HASSAN. Swayamwara: A Marital Custom of the Indo-European Warrior Class. IRANIAN STUDIES[Internet]. 2017;6(2 ):1-22. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/225172/en

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Behzad Hosseinzadeh, and HASSAN REZAI BAGHBIDI, “Swayamwara: A Marital Custom of the Indo-European Warrior Class,” IRANIAN STUDIES, vol. 6, no. 2 , pp. 1–22, 2017, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/225172/en

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