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MARRIAGE WITHIN CASTES

Symbolic of the centres of consciousness and activity in the soul attaching to themselves bodies on the lower planes through which to function and bring forth results.

"It is declared that a Sûdra woman alone can be the wife of a Sûdra, she and one of his own caste the wives of a Vaisya, those two and one of his own caste the wives of a Kshatriya, those three and one of his own caste the wives of a Brahmana." - Laws of Manu, III. 13.

The four caste wives" of & "Brahmana” are the four soul-vestures or bodies on the four lower planes attached to the causal centre or Individuality (Brahmana). They are the physical body (Sûdra wife), the astral body (Vaisya wife), the mental body (Kshatriya wife), and the causal body (Brâhmana wife). They constitute the means for the soul's activity on the different planes, the gathering of experience, and the bringing forth of results (children).

 

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BRAHMANA
CASTES
CLASSES (Zoroaster)
KSHATRIYA
QUATERNARY
SUDRA
VAISYA
VESTURES