For four months he would not even touch the girl, but after much pleading from Roha, a Namakarma was performed and the baby was named Reva ("Society and Culture").
As Reva grew up, her parents were very distant toward her and wondered if Roha hadn't made a mistake by keeping the girl alive. Reva became the focal point of her parent's worries and misery. Roha and Hala continued to pray for a son daily. A son would be the hope of the family, but Reva was just the source of trouble to it (Altekar 5). Her father started looking right away for a suitable and respectable husband for Reva to ensure a marriage as soon as she turned fifteen, so she could move out of the house and stop being a burden for her parents (Altekar 47).
Reva's childhood consisted of learning how to take care of a household and how to become an obedient wife. Under her father's care, Reva never received any formal education. Her mother taught her about the household chores. She also had daily gardening and farming tasks to help out her father, since Roha and Hala still hadn't produced a son. Although Reva knew of her father's search for a proper husband, she couldn't help but fall in love with a young, strong, dark skinned farmer. Jains, at the age of 31 was well known and liked by many. He too was of the vaishya class and worked a plot of land adjacent to the garden Reva worked in (Altekar 67). Reva had little dowry to offer Jains and his family, but Jains was willing to take Reva alone, as his wife and dana. Hala, happy to learn that his search for a husband would be over and Reva wouldn't trouble him anymore, agreed to the arrangement. .
Once Reva was bedecked and ornamented modestly, the bridegroom was invited into the house and Reva was offered to him according to the proper Brahma religious rite (A6). The wedding ceremony was somewhat elaborate and lasted about three days.
Reva enjoyed her new life as a married woman.
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