[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v2.c26.322 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c26.322 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c26.322 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c26.322](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.322) One question discussed by dharmasūtra writers is whether one has ownership over one's wife and children. In Jaimini¹¹⁸⁴ (VI. 7. 1-2) it is decided that in the Viśvajit sacrifice where one is to give away all that one has, one cannot give away one's parents and other relatives as one can make a gift only of what one is master of. The Mit. on Yāj. II. 175 says 'though one cannot make a gift of one's wife or child to another, one is still owner of them.' The Vīramitrodaya¹¹⁸⁵ (\*vyavahāra\* p. 567) is of the same opinion. On the other hand the Tantraratna (of Pārthasārathimiśra) says that the word gift with reference to the son and the like is used only in a secondary sense viz. that of passing to another the power of control over the son or the daughter. The Vyavahāramayūkha is also of the same opinion. - [Previous: v2.c26.321](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.321) - [Next: v2.c26.323](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.323) - [Up: v2.c26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26) ## Cites (2) - [Mīmāṃsāsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.6.7.1) — Jaimini, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.2.175) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.322](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.322) · Pramāṇa