Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.723

c7.723

Already Āp. not only passes over the 12 sons, excepting of course the legitimate son, in silence but also expressly opposes the giving away (for adoption) and selling of a son when he condemns Niyoga (2, 13, 11; 2, 27, 2 ff.), which met with opposition already at quite an early period, cf. § 20. The superiority of the son born within the wedlock to all other sons, which is accepted by all the authors generally, led Aupajandhani even so far as to recognise only the Aurasa as the legitimate son and heir (Baudh. 2, 3, 33).