History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.214.5

v4.c63.t2.214.5

The order of those who are entitled to offer śrāddha to a deceased separated male (*śrāddhādhikārin*) given in most works is as follows; son (aurasa or adopted); grandson; great-grandson; widow; married daughter; unmarried daughter who has succeeded to the deceased's wealth; daughter's son who succeeds to the wealth; full brother; half brother (son of a different mother); full brother's son; half brother's son; father; mother; daughter-in-law; full sister; half sister; full sister's son; half sister's son; paternal uncle; paternal uncle's son; other gotraja sapiṇḍas; sodaka; any gotraja; cognates such as maternal grandfather, maternal uncle, maternal uncle's son (i. e. the bandhus of the three kinds in order); pupil; son-in-law; father-in-law; friend; any brāhmaṇa who takes a brāhmaṇa's wealth or king who takes by escheat. Vide Nirṇayasindhu III uttarārdha pp. 382-386, Dharmasindhu III uttarārdha pp. 368-369, Śrāddhaviveka p. 48. If the principle of the capacity to offer or of the offering of piṇḍas regulating the right to succeed is to be strictly and logically followed, there is no reason why the mother or the paternal grandmother should succeed immediately after the father or the paternal grandfather respectively. Her recognition in the D. B. school is due to the fact she is expressly mentioned in Manu as an heir. Similarly in the rules about the succession to re-united coparceners, the school of D. B.