<!--QuoteBegin-Husky+Jun 25 2008, 05:36 PM-->QUOTE(Husky @ Jun 25 2008, 05:36 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->pratiloma-vivAha<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Bharata's mum (Shakuntala) was a Brahmana woman and his dad a Kshatriya king. He himself is one of the great Heroes of Hindu Dharma. His situation turned out exceptionally well.
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biologically, shakuntalA was the daughter of great kShatriya-R^iShi vishvAmitra and celestial apsarA menakA. She was born while vishvAmitra was still in pursuit of transforming himself into a brAhmaNa-R^ishi, and in fact as a result of the efforts of Gods to lure him away from it (which means he at the time of her birth was still a kShAtriya) ... so it still might be a sajAtIya vivAha. (shakuntalA started living in the household of brAhmaNa sage kaNva though and was taken by him as daughter.)
Now, even then, I feel, this marriage was NOT an Arya marriage, since it was conducted without first seeking the blessings of neither the adopted parent not the biological.
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biologically, shakuntalA was the daughter of great kShatriya-R^iShi vishvAmitra and celestial apsarA menakA. She was born while vishvAmitra was still in pursuit of transforming himself into a brAhmaNa-R^ishi, and in fact as a result of the efforts of Gods to lure him away from it (which means he at the time of her birth was still a kShAtriya) ... so it still might be a sajAtIya vivAha. (shakuntalA started living in the household of brAhmaNa sage kaNva though and was taken by him as daughter.)
Now, even then, I feel, this marriage was NOT an Arya marriage, since it was conducted without first seeking the blessings of neither the adopted parent not the biological.