History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t1.128

v4.c63.t1.128

*Kṛtrima*-(or *kṛta*, as in Nār. dāyabhāga 46). According to Manu IX. 169, Yāj. II. 131, Baud. Dh. S. II. 2. 25 and the Mit. and other works a kṛtrima is a person (of the same caste as the adopter) who has no parents and who is adopted with *his own consent* by the tempting offer of wealth. He is distinguished from the *dattaka* by the fact that he is not given by the father or mother and by the fact that his own consent is necessary (so that he must be major according to the ancient Hindu Law). Such a son is recognized in modern times only in Mithilā (Tirhoot) and the adjoining districts and among the Nambudri brāhmaṇas of Malabar (as held in *Vasudevan v. Secretary of State* 11 Mad. 157). Considerable case law exists about the kṛtrima adoption, for which Mulla's Hindu Law pp. 563-564 (9th ed.) and Mayne's Hindu law (10th ed.) pp. 293-294 may be consulted.