History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.257

v4.c63.t2.257

The first view, relying upon certain words of the Sm. C., held that after two descents in each line, one should ascend into a remoter line and after the two descendants of that line are exhausted, one should revert to the 3rd to 6th descendants of a nearer line. The 2nd view was that in each line three generations were to be first exhausted, because the word *putra* in several places in the Mit. includes the three male descendants. The 3rd view¹⁴⁴⁵ was that in each line *six* descendants were to be exhausted before ascending to the next remoter line (as sapiṇḍa relationship extended to six degrees).