ombakth Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 There were all together Five Draupadi the daughters of Draupad who were supposed to belong to only Arjuna as he won them in the competition but his mother Kunti asked him to share the remaning Four Draupadi with his other 4 Brothers and keep only one Draupadi for himself. Hence each Pandavas had one Draupadi each. Since they were daughters of Draupad hence all five of them were collectively called Draupadi. Draupad might be their surname or lastname. It was accounted that Draupadi had many names hence these other names can be first name of individual Draupadi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindu12 Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Well actually this may not be myth. This is a tribal practice that still goes on in parts of India.Polyandry was not widespread, but was not uncommon in past. You have to remember, Hinduism itself grew out of a mixture of tribal and aryan practices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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