Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.848

c7.848

At the time of the division of property the ornaments of the women should not be taken for partition but should be reserved for them (Āp. 2, 14, 9; Vi. 17, 22; M. 9, 200). Likewise also the Śulka, according to the oft-quoted passage Gaut. 28, 24 f., which is of course ambiguous in meaning, should firstly be transmitted to the mother and only after her death to the brothers. The view that the Stridhana should be divided among the sons and the daughters is probably of later origin; thus according to M. 9, 192, 195, Nār. 13, 9, Bṛh. 25, 87 etc., Kāty. 24, 94-97¹ the Stridhana consisting of the presents from the relatives is to be returned to them and the residue should go primarily to the (unmarried) daughters and on failure of such daughters to the sons and the married daughters; if the woman has no children, and if she is married according to one of the lower forms, her parents get the Stridhana, yet however the immovables should always descend on the brothers.