History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s27: 40. Ṛśyaśṛṅga

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s27

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40. Ṛśyaśṛṅga

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This is a writer who is frequently quoted on ācāra, āśauca, śrāddha, and prāyaścitta by the Mit., Aparārka, Smṛticandrikā and other works. Aparārka (p. 724) quotes as Ṛṣyaśṛṅga's a verse ascribed to Śaṅkha in the Mitākṣarā (on Yāj. II. 119) and other works, which states that when one coparcener recovers with his own efforts family property that was lost to the family, he gets a fourth share of it and the others become sharers in the rest.⁴¹⁸ The Smṛticandrikā (I. p. 32) quotes 'api vāsasā yajñopavītārthān kuryāt tadabhāve trivṛtā sūtreṇa', which is in prose.

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⁴¹⁸ पूर्व्नष्टां तु यो भूमिमेकश्चेदुद्धरेत् क्रमात् । यथांशं तु लभन्तेन्ये दत्त्वांशं तु तुरीयकम् ॥

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Yājñavalkyasmṛti — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit