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Polyandry is a marriage arrangement in which one woman has multiple husbands at the same time, as illustrated by the ancient Indian epic "Mahabharata," where the princess Draupadi was married to five brothers. It matters as a historical and cultural practice that challenges modern assumptions about marriage and reveals the diversity of family structures that have existed across different societies and time periods.
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Polyandry (; ) is a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time. Polyandry is contrasted with polygyny, involving one male and two or more females. If a marriage involves a plural number of "husbands and wives" participants of each gender, then it can be called polygamy, group or conjoint marriage. In its broadest use, polyandry refers to sexual relations with multiple males within or without marriage.