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# History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.152

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.152

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### [v2.c20.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.152)

(7) The general rule about the property of one dying heirless is that it escheats to the king, but there was an exception in the case of an heirless brāhmaṇa. Such property was to be distributed among śrotriyas or brāhmaṇas. Vide Gautama³³⁰ 28. 39-40, Vas. Dh. S. 17. 84-87, Baud. Dh. S. I. 5. 118-122, Manu IX. 188-189, Viṣṇu Dh. S. 17. 13-14, Śaṅkha.³³¹

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## Cites (7)

- [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.188) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
- [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.28.39) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit
- [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit
- [Baudhāyanadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.baudhayana) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit
- [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha) — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit
- [Śaṅkhasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.sankhalikhita-works.sankhalikhita.sankha) — Sanskrit

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