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In this question about remarriage, the reasons for a husband leaving a wife, or a wife leaving a husband, are listed.

Are there any actual examples in Smriti of this happening - where husband remarried or wife remarried ? I'm not just asking about sanyasa or remaining separate throughout, or marrying younger brother, or sister (non-family relations only)
I'm asking example from Itihasa & Purana.

Just to take couple examples from Manu Smriti - a husband superseding (taking another wife not divorce) a 'quarrelsome/disobedient' (apriyavadini) wife, or a wife waiting in vain for several years for a husband who went abroad and then remarrying another unrelated (not brother) man ?

Again, I want examples that are similar to what's happening nowadays after divorce.. man marrying an unrelated woman, or woman marrying an unrelated man.

ram
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    Possible duplicate of Did Rāmānuja abandon his wife? If yes, on what grounds? – Rakesh Joshi Nov 20 '18 at 14:09
  • @RakeshJoshi and others who voted to close this as duplicate - i'm asking reference from Itihasa & Puranas – ram Nov 20 '18 at 18:58
  • yes you cant get reference from vedas or yoga sutras. I also asked the shastric grounds which permit such separation. – Rakesh Joshi Nov 20 '18 at 19:05
  • Possible duplicate of Why didn't Lord Ram try to prove Mother Sita's Purity but rather chose to exile her? – iammilind Nov 21 '18 at 04:44
  • @iammilind, no i'm asking about example where husband or wife remarried – ram Nov 21 '18 at 05:56
  • Kaikeyi's mother was abondoned. I heard this. Please try to find reference yourself. –  Nov 21 '18 at 06:01
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    ur q is unclear...if husband has disappeared/dead, woman allowed to remmarry as per scriptures and we hv example Tara, Mandodari...as per scriptures first marrying in own varana man could marry in lower varnas without taking even divorce...Are Gautama, Jamdagni, Durvasa etc not examples for apriyavadini wife case...also Ganga & Santanu example should fit in some category...if you can clarify which category actually u r looking for it would be more clear... – YDS Nov 21 '18 at 12:31
  • Tara/Mandodari did not marry unrelated people, but the younger brother. Gautama did not remarry another woman, neither did Jamadagni. IDK about durv. Ganga is a apsara devi come down due to curse, same Shantanu. I'm asking about regular men/women – ram Nov 21 '18 at 18:39
  • There is a story of Nala and Damayanti in the MBH where Nala abandons Damayanti. Later Damayanti holds a swayamvara and it is attended by the kings of that age. This is not an answer because Nala attends the swayamvara and they get back together. However it doesn't seem to be frowned upon. – user1952500 Nov 24 '18 at 00:11
  • Scriptures say she should marry husband's younger brother and if younger brother is not there then someone else https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/a/28422/12304 so how those examples are invalid?? – YDS Nov 24 '18 at 02:27
  • @YDS, i'm not saying they are invalid according to shastras.. i'm specifically asking for examples where someone married OTHER than younger brother or sister. – ram Nov 24 '18 at 03:18
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    It is clear to me that @ram is asking whether there is any instance of a husband and wife getting divorced and remarrying another unrelated womand or man respectively. And he is asking for examples from itihasas and puranas. It is a valid question and I voted to leave it open. That said, may be a rewording of the question might help? – Ambi Nov 30 '18 at 12:15

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