Philosophy of Hinduism

Consider Manu on marriage. Here are his rules governing intermarriage among the different classes. Manu says:-

“A Shudra woman only must be the wife of Shudra: she and a Vaisya, of a Vaisya; they two and Kshatriya, of a Kshatriya; those two and a Brahmani of a Brahman.” Manu is of course opposed to intermarriage. His injunction is for each class to marry within his class. But he does recognize marriage outside the defined class. A Brahmin when marrying outside his class may marry any woman from any of the classes next below him. A Vaishya is free to marry a woman from the Shudra Class which is next below him. But “Shudra” he cannot marry a woman from the Brahmin and the Kshatriya Class which are above him. In short justice is simply another name for liberty equality and fraternity. It is in this sense I shall be using justice as a criterion to judge Hinduism.

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