alleryWhat is the term for tracing descent from father to son?
- Polygyny
- Matriliny
- Patriliny
- Exogamy
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Correct answer: C. Patriliny
Patriliny means descent is traced through the male line, from father to son to grandson.
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What is the term for tracing descent from father to son?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the term for descent traced through the mother?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Sanskrit term designates a family in early texts?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Sanskrit term stood for the larger network of kinfolk?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Sanskrit word is used for a lineage?Read the answer and worked solution →The Kauravas and Pandavas belonged to which ruling family?Read the answer and worked solution →After the Pandavas won the war, which succession rule was proclaimed?Read the answer and worked solution →Under patriliny, who could claim a father's resources, including the throne?Read the answer and worked solution →From roughly when did most ruling dynasties claim to follow patriliny?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Vakataka queen is cited as exercising power in exceptional circumstances?Read the answer and worked solution →The Rigvedic marriage mantra seeks fine sons through whose grace?Read the answer and worked solution →The Vedic deity Indra was a god of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did Pandu, the younger brother, first ascend the throne of Hastinapura?Read the answer and worked solution →What does exogamy literally mean?Read the answer and worked solution →The gift of a daughter in marriage as a father's religious duty is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which term describes the gifts a woman kept as her own after marriage?Read the answer and worked solution →Marriage within a kin group, caste or locality is known as what?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the term for a man having several wives?Read the answer and worked solution →A woman with several husbands, as Draupadi had, illustrates what?Read the answer and worked solution →How many forms of marriage did the Dharmashastras recognise?Read the answer and worked solution →Of the eight forms of marriage, which were considered good?Read the answer and worked solution →From about when were the Dharmasutras compiled as codes of behaviour?Read the answer and worked solution →The Manusmriti was compiled between which dates?Read the answer and worked solution →After whom was each Brahmanical gotra named?Read the answer and worked solution →From about when did Brahmanas classify people by gotra?Read the answer and worked solution →By Brahmanical rule, what gotra was a woman to adopt after marriage?Read the answer and worked solution →What did the gotra rules say about marriage within the same gotra?Read the answer and worked solution →Inscriptions with names ending in puta help trace the family ties of which dynasty?Read the answer and worked solution →In Prakrit, what does the term puta mean?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the Satavahana name Gotami-puta mean?Read the answer and worked solution →
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What is the term for descent traced through the mother?
- Matriliny
- Polyandry
- Endogamy
- Patriliny
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Correct answer: A. Matriliny
Matriliny is the system where lineage and descent run through the mother's line.
Which Sanskrit term designates a family in early texts?
- Kula
- Gotra
- Jnati
- Vamsha
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Correct answer: A. Kula
Kula was the word Sanskrit texts used for the family, while wider kin had other names.
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