Marriage between cousins during Mahabharat period - Page 2

Originally posted by: poseidon2

oh well , then by the same logic if 2 sisters go in different homes so obviously they are also no more a part of the same family. then how do you find it acceptable

Originally posted by: -Spice-

I think more than relationship they used to consider 'gothra' .. Means bloodlines I think.. Don't know the exact translation.. U cannot marry within a Gothra ... Possible only if the guy's n girl's gothras are different... N after marriage the girl belongs to he hsband's Gothra...

As for Arjuna's n Subhadra's marriage not sure abt the rules at that era or is something is mentioned in the Puranas

yes gotra means a lot in hindu marriages there are two type of gotras pitra gotra and guru gotra
pitra gotra is where the ancestor is thru same bloodline

and guru gotra is where the guru is ancestor like kashyap gotra here the ancestor is rishi kashyap, or bhardwaj gotra also follow their gurus

in pitra gotra we cannot marry in same gotra but in guru gotra we can mary in same gotra like people who are aroras their gotra is kashyap so aroras marry with aroras but their surname would be different like chauthanis or sachdev chawla or mahrotra etc

but this also depends upon different communities. In south India cross marriages are aloud like a sister's daughter can marry her's brothers son a brother's daughter can marry sister's son this is cross marriages in south indian communities are aloud.

Like in muslims even parallel marriages are aloud which is not aloud among hindus.

Subhadra and Arjun were first cousins in subhadra's communities this was aloud in yadav clans. where as in kuru clan it was not aloud from which Arjun came.

Shri krishn also married one of his first cousin I have mentioned above. As he was a yadav he was aloud to do that he also kidnapped her with help of Balram 😆😆😆 so they married.

India is a country of millions of communities each follow their own traditions their own rituals that is why there is a lot of confusion 😕😕😕

it might be an acceptable practice among royal families, in order to avoid fusion of the royal blood with other caste/status. like Gautam Buddha had married yashodhara who was his bua's daughter. they belonged to the same Shakya clan and that clan preferred marrying within their clan only. though this example is more recent as compared 2 Mahabharata, but I thought it could be the same reason during MB dyz.

in Fiji, cousin marriages happen in South Indians as well as Moslems

we always consider our cousin brothers as our blood brothers, tie rakhi
and get gifts,


But I always had this doubt re Arjuna: Subhadra

on the other hand see Kansa and Devaki, they were cousins but Kansa did NOT marry her, rather he was addressing her as sister throughout

Originally posted by: rakshaanra

in Fiji, cousin marriages happen in South Indians as well as Moslems

we always consider our cousin brothers as our blood brothers, tie rakhi
and get gifts,


But I always had this doubt re Arjuna: Subhadra

on the other hand see Kansa and Devaki, they were cousins but Kansa did NOT marry her, rather he was addressing her as sister throughout

it all depends how you take your relationships after all.but in case of Kans and devki they were cousins from same blood line Though Ugrasen was not biological father of Kans but was considered his father. Devki was Ugrasen's younger brothers daughter. therefore even if Kans was real son of ugrasen then also there could never have been a marriage alliance between them.

Kans's mother was seduced by a demon after he took ugrasen's form her husband then kans was conceived I don't know how Ugrasen adopted him or if he ever forgave his wife but it's sounds like an interesting story 😆

Originally posted by: rasyafan

it all depends how you take your relationships after all.but in case of Kans and devki they were cousins from same blood line Though Ugrasen was not biological father of Kans but was considered his father. Devki was Ugrasen's younger brothers daughter. therefore even if Kans was real son of ugrasen then also there could never have been a marriage alliance between them.

Kans's mother was seduced by a demon after he took ugrasen's form her husband then kans was conceived I don't know how Ugrasen adopted him or if he ever forgave his wife but it's sounds like an interesting story 😆




mindblowing story yaar!

they should start a serial : Kansa the Mama...⭐️

Originally posted by: poseidon2

oh well , then by the same logic if 2 sisters go in different homes so obviously they are also no more a part of the same family. then how do you find it acceptable

Originally posted by: rakshaanra

on the other hand see Kansa and Devaki, they were cousins but Kansa did NOT marry her, rather he was addressing her as sister throughout

As far as I know, Vedas do not sanction cousin marriages.And we see these incidents in mahabharat. I do not recall any such things in Ramayan. The thumb rule in our society is that boy and girl should not be related to each other for seven generations on the paternal side and for five generations on maternal side.This is what our pandit says has been ordained in scriptures.And if this is violated then those families are boycotted.

Originally posted by: JanakiRaghunath

Cousin marries were very much acceptable in the olden days. It is only in recent times that cousin marriages have become taboo, so it may be a bit difficult for some people to see it in mythological shows, but there are many examples of it in several puranas. The Vedas too condone it, except for certain cousin marriages. The marriage between children of two sisters or two brothers is absolutely prohibited, because they are seen as siblings, but the marriage between children of a brother and sister is acceptable, because once the sister is married off an goes to another home, she or her children are no longer considered a part of the "family" so the marriage between her children and her brother's children is acceptable.

In fact, cousin marriages still happen in some parts of India, especially in the South. They are prominent in states like Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Some of my own cousins married each other so it's not taboo in our family.