The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c14.s3.8

c14.s3.8

The sister has been placed much higher in the line of succession in the Bombay school than anywhere else. She comes immediately after the grandmother, mainly on account of an ingenious argument advanced in the *Mayūkha*⁴. It is clear that Nīlakaṇṭha is here trying to justify a known usage with the help of some specious arguments.