One of the main sources for the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955, the Manusmriti, has sections that blatantly imply that a second marriage was legal when a wife was barren, ill, or vicious.
Tag: POLYGAMY IN HINDU LAW
Monogamy means that one is permitted to have only one wife or one husband at a time. Bigamy is the reverse of monogamy.
Polygamy is a practice whereby a person has more than one spouse, and this can be of two kinds, Polygyny and polyandry, in the first kind, a man marries more than one woman.
