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Let's talk about family relationships today.


Firstly its a bit strange that Sanskrit has a word for step mother विमाता (vimAtA) but not really much of a mention of a step father.


So let's coin a word for step father too.

We need to be fair to all the step dads out there!


OK..in Sanskrit a step mother विमाता (vimAtA) is defined as मातुः सपत्नी (mAtuH sapatnI) which means 

Mother's co wife.

So that means polygamy was in vogue.


But hold your horses everyone.


Polyandry too was seen in the history.

In Srimad Bhagavatam we have the story of the 8 brothers known as Pracetas who were transiently married to one woman the daughter of Pramloca.


Then next we have Draupadi was had 5 husbands..the Pandavas.


So going by this surely we can surely coin and define  the word for step father


But in both these cases the step dads were also brothers!


विपिता (vipitA) technically should be step father where it  can be defined as पितुः सपतिः (pituH sapatiH) ..Father's co husband.


Now for some family confusion.


Let's take the family of the Pandavas.


Arjuna had a son by the name श्रुतकर्मा (shrutakarmA) who was born through Draupadi.

Arjuna had a few other wives too. But right now we are focusing on the son of Arjuna through Draupadi.


श्रुतकर्मा (shrutakarmA) had 4 uncles(father's brothers)पितृव्यः(pitRvyaH) and these 4 uncles also were his mother's husbands so that makes them his stepfather's too.विपिता(vipitA).


Let's learn singular and plural now.


पितृव्यः(pitRvyaH) is Singular.


पितृव्याः(pitRvyAH) is Plural.


विपिता (vipitA) is Singular


विपितरः (vipitaraH) is Plural.



Anyway it does not matter who has how many husbands or wives, the most important is everyone to stay happy after all the whole world is a family!(वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्) (vasudhaiva kuTumbakam)


For your attention : वसुधैव(vasudhaiva) = वसुध (vasudha)( the earth/world) + एव (eva)(Indeed)

This is a sandhi rule.


Mostly many mispronounce वसुध (vasudha) as vasudeva.


So kindly note this.