History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.171
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.171
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v4.c63.t2.171
The mother succeeding to her son takes only a limited estate i. e. she cannot alienate it except for legal necessity. If Vijñāneśvara's definition of strīdhana be literally interpreted even property inherited from a son would be strīdhana. There is a striking example in E. I. vol. XIV p. 83 (the Śrīraṅgam plates of Mummaḍi Nāyaka in śake 1280) where a mother inheriting a village granted to her son Parāśarabhaṭṭa made a gift of it to the god Raṅganātha at Śrīraṅgam.