The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 2.8.80
Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) 2.8.80
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2.8.80
iti stryavayavānāṃ duhitṛṣu bāhulyāt, strīdhanaṃ duhitṛgāmi | pitṛdhanaṃ putragāmi pitravayavānāṃ putreṣu bāhulyād iti | tatra ca gautamena viśeṣo darśitaḥ: strīdhanaṃ duhitṝṇām aprattānām apratiṣṭhitānāṃ ca (GDh 28.24) iti | asyārthaḥ: prattāprattāsamavāye 'prattānām eva strīdhanam | prattāsu cāpratiṣṭhitāpratiṣṭhitāsamavāye 'pratiṣṭhitānām eveti | apratiṣṭhitā nirdhanāḥ ||
Thus, because the female parts are abundant in daughters, the woman's property goes to the daughter. The father's property goes to the son because the father's parts are abundant in sons. And there, Gautama has shown a distinction: 'A woman's property belongs to the unmarried and the unprovided-for daughters' (GDh 28.24). The meaning of this is: when there is a combination of married and unmarried [daughters], it belongs only to the unmarried. And among the married, when there is a combination of the unprovided-for and the provided-for, it belongs only to the unprovided-for. 'Unprovided-for' means destitute.
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Commentaries (2)
- Bālambhaṭṭī (Lakṣmīvyākhyāna) — Bālambhaṭṭa Pāyaguṇḍe 1740, Sanskrit
- Lakṣmīvyākhyāna — Bālakṛṣṇa 1730, Sanskrit
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- Yājñavalkyasmṛti — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit