The Kama Sutra

FOOTNOTE:

[Footnote 50: These forms of marriage differ from the four kinds of

marriage mentioned in Chapter I., and are only to be made use of when

the girl is gained over in the way mentioned in Chapters III. and IV.]

[Footnote 51: About this, see a story on the fatal effects of love at

page 114 of "Early Ideas; a Group of Hindoo Stories," collected and

collated by Anaryan. W. H. Allen and Co., London, 1881.]

[Footnote 52: About the Gandharvavivaha form of marriage, see note to

page 28 of Captain R. F. Burton's "Vickram and the Vampire; or Tales of

Hindu Devilry." Longman, Green & Co., London, 1870. This form of

matrimony was recognised by the ancient Hindus, and is frequent in

books. It is a kind of Scotch Wedding--ultra-Caledonian--taking place by

mutual consent without any form or ceremony. The Gandharvas are heavenly

minstrels of Indra's court, who are supposed to be witnesses.]