History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s55.3

v1.c6.s55.3

that the words of Yāj. (II. 117 tābhya ṛte'nvayaḥ) mean the offspring of the mother and on the succession to reunited coparceners are cited. In the Vivādacintāmaṇi of Vācaspati⁶²⁷ the views of Bālarūpa are frequently cited. Relying on the words of Parāśara, Bālarūpa held that an unmarried daughter was entitled to preference over a married one as an heir to a sonless man. As regards the verse of Hārīta that if a young widow was *karkaśa* (quarrelsome, 'suspected of unchastity' according to others), then she was to be given maintenance alone (out of her husband's estate), Bālarūpa's view was that it refers to the widow of a re-united coparcener.⁶²⁸ Bālarūpa was of opinion that *ātmabandhus*, *pitṛbandhus* and *mātṛbandhus* succeeded in the order stated.⁶²⁹ The Kālādarsa of Ādityabhaṭṭa names Bālarūpa among the authorities on which it relies. This shows that Bālarūpa wrote not only on *vyavahāra* but also on *kāla*.