History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c26.19

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c26.19

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v2.c26.19

Though Manu and Yāj. indicate that impotent persons are not eligible for marriage, yet such persons rarely married. Their marriages were held valid by Manu, Yāj. and others and their sons (by niyoga) took property as if they were *aurasa* sons. Vide Manu IX. 203 and Yāj. II. 141-142.

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Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
Yājñavalkyasmṛti — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit