History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s47.27
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s47.27
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( 4 ) Viś. allows *niyoga* only to *śūdras* in general and to kṣatriya kings in case of danger of extinction of line ( vide com. on Yāj. I. 69 and II. 131 ), while Mit. forbids *niyoga* in general and holds the texts speaking of it as applicable to a girl who is only betrothed and not married.