History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.298

v4.c63.t2.298

The heirs enumerated above succeed to persons in those religious orders in priority of their kindred. It has been held that members of the three twice-born classes alone can be ascetics with the result that their pupils inherit and not the kindred and that in the case¹⁴⁷³ of śūdra ascetics their kindred succeed unless some usage to the effect that a pupil inherits is proved. For the foundation and administration of *maṭhas* and properties attached to them, the selection of the heads of *maṭhas* and their powers and duties and about ascetics and their pupils, vide H. of Dh. vol. II. pp. 906-914 and pp. 944-952.