History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s64.10

v1.c6.s64.10

Some of the views that are usually associated with Jīmūtavāhana were propounded by Aparārka also. Aparārka bases the right to take a deceased person's property on the superior spiritual benefit conferred by the claimant on the person deceased.⁷⁶⁷ In several other respects also Aparārka differs from the Mit., though in general the two closely agree. For example, Aparārka prefers the father over the mother as an heir (p. 745); Aparārka explains the word 'apratiṣṭhitā' in Gautama's text (18. 22) as 'one who is issueless or is indigent or a widow,' while the Mit. explains it to mean only 'indigent.'