History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c30.5

v2.c30.5

¹⁴⁰⁸ The word गुरु means only the relatives of the husband and not the father of the widow ‘गुरवश्च श्वश्रूश्वशुरदेवरादयो भर्तुसगोत्रा द्रष्टव्या न पित्रादयः’ मेधा० on मनु IX. 59. हरदत्त differs and explains गौतम 18. 5 as ‘गुरुभिः पतिपक्षैः पितृपक्षैर्वा नियुक्ता सती संयुज्येत’. Manu (IX. 60-61) shows that some said that only one son could be had by नियोग, while others held that two could be had.