Anuloma and Pratiloma Vivah

Anuloma and Pratiloma Vivah
The marriage of a man of higher Varna with a girl from lower Varna was called“Anuloma Vivah” It was allowed by the sacred texts The marriage of a girl of higher Varna with a man of a lower Varna
was called “Pratiloma Vivah” and it was NOT allowed in the texts However, as it goes, the intermarriage between Varnas led to new castes Vashishtha mentions below examples:
The offspring of a Sudra and a Brahman woman becomes a Chandala
That of a Sudra and Kshatriya woman, a Vaina
That of a Sudra and Vaisya woman, an Antyavasayi
The son begotten by a Vaisya on a Brahman woman becomes a Ramaka
The son begotten by a Vaisya on a Kshatriya woman, a Paulkasa
The son begotten by a Kshatriya on a Brahman woman becomes a Suta
Children begotten by Brahmans, Kshatriyas, and Vaisyas on women of the next lower, second lower, and third lower castes become respectively Ambashthas, Ugras, and Nishadas
The son of a Brahman and a Sudra woman is a Parasava
Four Purushartha