saat phere

English

Etymology

From Hindi सात फेरे (sāt phere).

Noun

saat phere pl (plural only)

1. (India) The ‘seven steps’ or circuits taken around a sacred fire by the bride and bridegroom at a wedding ceremony, or the seven vows recited during this ceremony.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 44:

     He had to be helped up and steadied for the saat phere.

   • 2010, Sher Gill, The Way to God, page 140:

     In HINDUISM the couple takes SAAT-PHERE, in other words the couple circles round the fire for seven times, while the priest recites religious verses.

   • 2013, Neeta Iyer, Find_Love.com:

     So, did your parents have a romantic love affair followed by the saat phere or did it all happen the conventional way?

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