Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.756

c7.756

Usually the earnings through learning (among the Brahmans) are specially mentioned as indivisible—that is to say, the remuneration for teaching a pupil, for the recital of Vedic texts, performance of sacrifices etc., and further, the booties of war (among the Kṣatriyas), presents from relatives, the dowry and the property of a wife, lost properties recovered by a particular member of the family etc. are declared to be indivisible; yet however, every earning, if it is made with the help of the family property, is to be deposited in the common coffer; thus, for example, if a warrior uses a horse or a weapon of the jointfamily, or if a Brahman student leaves his family in the care of his brother who is not a learned man during his stay with a teacher in some foreign land (Vyāsa ; Nār. 13, 10)—whatever is earned in that way becomes the property of the joint-family.