Polyandry

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Lydia Polgreen, One bride for two brothers: A custom fades in India. New York Times, July 17, 2010 (title in the print).
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/17/world/asia/17polyandry.html

Note:
(a) polyandry (n;  Greek polyandros, adjective, having many husbands, from poly- + andr-, anēr man, husband)

Its antonym is "polygyny" --a man with several wives.
(b) patrilineal (adj; Latin pater father): " relating to, based on, or tracing descent through the paternal line <a patrilineal society"
(c) raj (n; Hindi, akin to Sanskrit rājan king): "RULE;  especially often capitalized : the former British rule of the Indian subcontinent"
(d) eddy (n): "a current of water or air running contrary to the main current; especially : a circular current : WHIRLPOOL"

All definitions are from www.m-w.com.
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