06-11-2009, 05:51 AM
Does anyone know when tALi/mangalasutram is first mentioned in Sanskrit texts in context of the marriage rituals.
I am asking because in his translation of Silappathikaram VRR Dikshitar says that this may have been a Southern custom originally as there is no mention of it in Valmiki Ramayana during the marriage of Rama & Sita. I checked the online version & he seems to be correct about it being not mentioned:
http://www.valmikiramayan.net/bala/sarga..._frame.htm
He then says that sUtram in the sense of tALi occurs in later Smritis.
I used the Telugu pronounciation tALI, think it's tAli in Tamizh (that's what he uses in the translation).
I am asking because in his translation of Silappathikaram VRR Dikshitar says that this may have been a Southern custom originally as there is no mention of it in Valmiki Ramayana during the marriage of Rama & Sita. I checked the online version & he seems to be correct about it being not mentioned:
http://www.valmikiramayan.net/bala/sarga..._frame.htm
He then says that sUtram in the sense of tALi occurs in later Smritis.
I used the Telugu pronounciation tALI, think it's tAli in Tamizh (that's what he uses in the translation).