History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c44.84

v3.c44.84

Among impartible things Manu (IX. 219) included *yoga-kṣema*. The Mit. on Yāj. II. 118-119 shows that several meanings were attached to that expression by various writers, but that relying upon a verse of Laugākṣi it prefers the meaning of *iṣṭa* and *pūrta*. Therefore the Mit.²¹¹² declares that gifts dedicated by a person to the public by expending ancestral wealth such as tanks, gardens, and temples could not be partitioned by the sons and grandsons. In modern times also the same is the rule. Besides properties dedicated to temples and other religious and charitable purposes are generally inalienable, according to legislative enactments and judicial decisions,²¹¹³ except where an alienation is absolutely necessary for the upkeep of the religious worship or for the benefit and preservation of the institution.