Part 3: About the Acquisition of a Wife

On certain forms of marriage 46 When a girl cannot meet her lover frequently in private, she should send the daughter of her nurse to him, it being understood

Now when the girl begins to show her love by outward signs and motions, as described in the last chapter, the lover should try to gain her over entirely

A poor man possessed of good qualities, a man born of a low family possessed of mediocre qualities, a neighbour possessed of wealth, and one under the

For the first three days after marriage, the girl and her husband should sleep on the floor, abstain from sexual pleasures, and eat their food without

When a girl of the same caste, and a virgin, is married in accordance with the precepts of Holy Writ, the results of such a union are the acquisition of