Materials for the Study of the Early History of the Vaishnava Sect c8.217

c8.217

The polyandrous marriage of the Pāṇḍu king, which Hopkins considers to be an "historical trait," is no proof of the connection of the Pāṇḍavas with any non-Brāhmaṇic wild tribe. The marriage was approved by the Pañchālas, an undoubtedly Brāhmaṇic tribe. We learn also from the *Mahābhārata* that such marriages were prevalent among certain Brāhmaṇic Ṛishi families :—