History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.1119

v4.c63.1119

The next question is what property is liable to be partitioned. A few preliminary remarks on property must be made here. Property is generally divided by most smṛtis into two kinds, *sthāvara* (immovable, such as lands and houses) and *jaṅgama* (movable). For example, Bṛ. (S. B. E. vol. 33 p. 323 verse 17) and Kāt. (516) speak of both kinds of property as subjects of pledges or mortgages. There is another classification in Yāj, II. 121 and a few other smṛtis viz. property is of three kinds.