Note 323 — Chapter IV · [89] SEXUAL ASPECT OF MARRIAGE
Reading edition
Howitt says, explicitly (Nat. Tr., p. 184), that "the leading men in the tribe have usually more Tippa Malku and Pirrauru wives than other men." The Pinnaru, Jalina Piramurana had over a dozen wives, and to get one of them as Pirrauru was a great honour for a man.