[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s21.228 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.228 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.228 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.228](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.228) Polyandry.—On the other hand, polyandry is not Vedic.⁵⁰ There is no passage containing any clear reference to such a custom. The most that can be said is that in the Rigveda⁵¹ and the Atharvaveda⁵² verses are occasionally found in which husbands are mentioned in relation to a single wife. It is difficult to be certain of the correct explanation of each separate instance of this mode of expression; but even if Weber’s⁵³ view, that the plural is here used \*majestatis causā\*, is not accepted, Delbrück’s⁵⁴ explanation by mythology is probably right. In other passages⁵⁵ the plural is simply generic. - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.227](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.227) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.229](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.229) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.228](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.228) · Pramāṇa