Henogamy is a social custom allowing exactly one of the children (or male children) in a family to marry. Henogamy typically exists in order to preserve family property. It is practised by the Nambudiri Brahmin caste in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. ...
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the custom by which one, and only one, member of a family is permitted to marry. The classic example is that of the patrilineal Nambdiri Brahmans of ...
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