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sree90514
According to which puran it says that the bride must be younger than the groom...
It is said in the Manu-smriti 9.94 (http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/manu.htm) that a man shall marry a maiden which is much younger than him:
"A man, aged thirty years, shall marry a maiden of twelve who pleases him, or a man of twenty-four a girl eight years of age"
This is also confirmed in the Vishnu Purana: Book III: Chapter X:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/vp/vp084.htm
"If he marry, he must select a maiden who is of a third of his age"
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