Urdu poet Bashir Badr Sher says that –
“Love is a fragrance that always goes with us.”
No person remains lonely even in loneliness.”
The month of love, February, has knocked at the doors of hearts. In view of Valentine’s Week, the whole world has started falling in love. People express their love to their loved ones, make promises and love them. However, it is also seen in our country that there has been a lot of opposition to Valentine’s culture, but if you look at ancient plays and history, you will understand that our ancient society was very narrow minded about the same thing about which we are narrow minded today. Was open minded.
Mention of love proposal in Kalidas’s play
It is mentioned in Atharva Veda that in ancient times, parents happily allowed the girl to choose her life partner. There is mention of the story of proposal in the play of that time by the great Sanskrit poet Kalidas. Kalidas wrote the play Malavikagnimitram by making the second Sunga ruler Agnimitra the hero. Agnimitra ruled in 170 BC. In this play he mentions how Queen Iravati sends a love request to King Agnimitra through a red flower at the arrival of spring.
Spring was the season of romance
Even in the era of Kalidas, spring was described as the season of romance. This season was said to be ideal for performing all love dramas. In plays, women used to swing for their husbands during this season. In such a situation it was also called Madnotsav. There is a custom of worshiping Kamadeva and Rati in this season.
Gandharva marriage custom in Vedic books
According to mythological Hindu texts, in that period girls had the right to choose their own husbands. They met each other and agreed to live together. According to Vedic books, a part of Atharvaveda says that this was the earliest and common method of marriage. Even today, from Chhattisgarh to North East and many tribal societies in the country, this is the custom when a boy and a girl like each other, after which their marriage is fixed.
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