आगमे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

Traditionally, the fifteenth of the lifecycle ceremonies (samskaras), in which
a man and woman became husband
and wife. Except for those rare individuals who remained lifelong celibates
(naisthika brahmacharin), marriage
was an essential element in the life
of every man (and woman), since the
children procreated through marriage
allowed him to retire one of the three
debts, this one to the ancestral spirits
(pitr). One mark of the importance given
to marriage can be seen in the literal
translation of the word vivaha—it
signifies that by which a man is
“uplifted” and made complete. Given
the stress on family in Indian society,
marriage has also been a gravely
important matter, and for many
Indians, it remains the most important
day of their life. The dharma
literature underlines the importance of
marriage by cataloging eight different
forms. See also marriage, eight
classical forms.