Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.494

c7.494

In order to explain away the contradiction between these rude usages and the idealistic and lofty views of the Brahmans, polyandry has been declared "Non-Aryan." In fact, it is seen at the present day principally among the "Non-Aryans," particularly among Dravidian and Tibetan tribes. Yet it cannot be proved that the polyandry of the ancient times was confined among the Non-Aryan tribes.² Only this much may be said that the Brahmans were always jealously antagonistic to it. The discordant passages in the marriage hymns RV 10,85 and AV 14,2 should be strictly left alone as mere mythology.³