History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s80.2

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The earliest work of Śūlapāṇi appears to have been his Dīpakalikā, a commentary on the smṛti of Yājñavalkya. It is a very brief commentary. The portion on the dāyabhāga section (Yājñavalkya II, verses 114-149) is contained in five printed pages (vide Ghose’s Hindu Law, edition of 1917, vol. II. pp. 550-554). In this commentary, besides the sages he names only a few writers and works deceased has reference to property acquired by the deceased from his father or grand-father. He explained the word 'apratiṣṭhitā' in the sūtra of Gautama 'strīdhanam duhitt̄nām-aprattānām-apratiṣṭhitānāṁ ca' in the same way as Aparārka, Jīmūtavāhana and the Smṛticandrikā.⁹⁵¹ He says that a full brother though not re-united succeeded before a half-brother though re-united.⁹⁵² This explanation of the much canvassed verse of Yāj. offered by Śūlapāṇi is refered to by the Vīramitrodaya.⁹⁵³ The Vyavahāratattva of Raghunandana several times refers to Śūlapāṇi's explanations of Yāj.⁹⁵⁴