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The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 2.8.55

Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) 2.8.55

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2.8.55

yadā svecchayā pitā sarvān eva sutān samavibhāginaḥ karoti tadā patnyāś ca putrasamāṃśabhājaḥ kartavyaḥ yāsāṃ patnīnāṃ bhartrā śvaśureṇa vā strīdhanaṃ na dattam | datte tu strīdhane ardhāṃśaṃ vakṣyati datte tv ardhaṃ prakalpayet (YDh 2.148) iti || yadā tu śreṣṭhabhāgādinā jyeṣṭhādīn vibhajati tadā patnyaḥ śreṣṭhādibhāgān na labhante kiṃ tūddhṛtoddhārāt samudāyāt samān evāṃśāṃl labhante svoddhāraṃ ca | yathāha āpastambaḥ: parībhāṇḍaṃ ca gṛhe 'laṃkāro bhāryāyāḥ (ĀpDh 2.14.8–9) iti || 2.115 ||

When the father by his own will makes all sons equal sharers, then the wives should also be made recipients of shares equal to the sons—those wives to whom strīdhana has not been given by the husband or by the father-in-law. But when strīdhana has been given, he will state [the allotment of] a half-share: "If it has been given, however, one should assign half" (YDh 2.148). But when he divides the eldest and others with the best and other shares, then the wives do not obtain the best and other shares; rather, from the aggregate from which the deductions have been set aside, they obtain only equal shares along with their own separate portion. As Āpastamba says: "And the household utensils and the ornament belong to the wife." || 2.115

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