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    The document discusses different rules of marriage that societies impose. It describes endogamy as marrying within one's group, such as caste or tribe, while exogamy requires marrying outside one's own group. Specific forms of exogamy mentioned are gotra, pravara, village, and pinda exogamy. The document also defines terms like isogamy, anisogamy, hypergamy, hypogamy, orthogamy, cerogamy, anuloma, and pratiloma marriage.

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    The document discusses different rules of marriage that societies impose. It describes endogamy as marrying within one's group, such as caste or tribe, while exogamy requires marrying outside one's own group. Specific forms of exogamy mentioned are gotra, pravara, village, and pinda exogamy. The document also defines terms like isogamy, anisogamy, hypergamy, hypogamy, orthogamy, cerogamy, anuloma, and pratiloma marriage.

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    The document discusses different rules of marriage that societies impose. It describes endogamy as marrying within one's group, such as caste or tribe, while exogamy requires marrying outside one's own group. Specific forms of exogamy mentioned are gotra, pravara, village, and pinda exogamy. The document also defines terms like isogamy, anisogamy, hypergamy, hypogamy, orthogamy, cerogamy, anuloma, and pratiloma marriage.

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    The document discusses different rules of marriage that societies impose. It describes endogamy as marrying within one's group, such as caste or tribe, while exogamy requires marrying outside one's own group. Specific forms of exogamy mentioned are gotra, pravara, village, and pinda exogamy. The document also defines terms like isogamy, anisogamy, hypergamy, hypogamy, orthogamy, cerogamy, anuloma, and pratiloma marriage.

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    RULES OF MARRIAGE

    No society gives absolute freedom to its members to select their partners.


    Endogamy and exogamy are the two main rules that condition marital choice.
    P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E
    Endogamy:
    It is a rule of marriage in which the life-partners
    are to be selected within the group. It is
    marriage within the group and the group may be
    caste, class, tribe, race, village, religious group 2

    etc.We have caste endogamy, class endogamy,

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    sub caste endogamy, race endogamy and tribal
    endogamy etc.In caste endogamy marriage has
    to take place within the caste. Brahmin has to
    marry a Brahmin. In sub caste endogamy it is
    limited to the sub caste groups.
    Exogamy:

    P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E
    It is a rule of marriage in
    which an individual has to
    marry outside his own group.
    It prohibits marrying within 3

    the group. The so-called

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    blood relatives shall neither
    have marital connections nor
    sexual contacts among
    themselves.
    Forms of exogamy:
    Gotra Exogamy: The Hindu practice
    of one marrying outside one's own
    gotra.
    Pravara Exogamy: Those who
    belong to the same pravara cannot
    marry among themselves.
    Village Exogamy: Many Indian tribes
    like Naga,Garo,Munda etc have the
    practice of marrying outside their
    village.
    Pinda Exogamy: Those who belong
    to the same panda or sapinda
    ( common parentage) cannot marry
    within themselves.
    Isogamy: It is the marriage
    between two equals (status)

    P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E
    Anisogamy: It is an asymmetric
    marriage alliance between two
    individuals belonging to different
    social statuses. It is of two forms
    - Hypergamy and Hypogamy. 5

    Hypergamy: It is the marriage

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    of a woman with a man of higher
    Varna or superior caste or family.
    Hypogamy: It is the marriage of
    high caste man with a low caste
    woman.
    Orthogamy: It is the marriage
    between selected groups.

    P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E
    Cerogamy: It is two or more
    men get married to two or more
    women.
    Anuloma marriage: It is a
    marriage under which a man
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    can marry from his own caste or
    from those below, but a woman

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    can marry only in her caste or
    above.
    Pratiloma marriage: It is a
    marriage of a woman to a man
    from a lower caste which is not
    permitted.

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