Editing Polyandry (section)

===Hinduism ===
[[Image:Pandavas with Draupadi OR ayudhapurushas facing Madhu Kaitabha.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Draupadi]] with her five husbands – the [[Pandavas]]. The central figure is [[Yudhishthira]]; the two to his left are [[Bhima]] and [[Arjuna]]. [[Nakula]] and [[Sahadeva]], the twins, are to his right. Their wife, at far right, is Draupadi. [[Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh|Deogarh]], [[Dashavatara Temple, Deogarh|Dashavatara Hindu Temple]].]]
There is at least one reference to polyandry in the ancient [[Hindu]] epic ''[[Mahabharata]]''. [[Draupadi]] married the five [[Pandava]] brothers, as this is what she chose in a previous life. This ancient text remains largely neutral to the concept of polyandry, accepting this as her way of life.<ref>{{cite book |title=The position of women in Hindu civilization, from prehistoric times to the present day |last=Altekar |first=Anant Sadashiv |year=1959 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ |isbn=978-81-208-0324-4 |page=112 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VYG4K0yYHQgC&pg=PA112 |access-date=October 14, 2010 |archive-date=September 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921050741/https://books.google.com/books?id=VYG4K0yYHQgC&pg=PA112 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, in the same epic, when questioned by [[Kunti]] to give an example of polyandry, [[Yudhishthira]] cites Jatila of the lineage of [[Gautama Maharishi|Gautama]] (married to the seven [[Saptarishi]]) and [[Hiranyaksha]]'s sister Pracheti (married to ten brothers), thereby implying a more open attitude toward polyandry in [[Hindu]] society.<ref name="sacred-texts">{{cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01199.htm|title=The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Vaivahika Parva: Section CLXLVIII|website=Sacred-texts.com|access-date=6 April 2018|archive-date=19 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419174401/http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01199.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>