[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v4.c63.t2.331 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.331 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.331 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c63.t2.331](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.t2.331) Among smṛti writers Kātyāyana gives the most elaborate treatment of strīdhana in about twenty-seven verses. He defines several kinds of strīdhana enumerated by Manu, Yāj., Nār., and Viṣṇu (in all six) as follows¹⁴⁹⁴: what is given to women at the time of marriage before the nuptial fire is declared by the wise to be \*adhyagni\*¹⁴⁹⁵ strīdhana. That again which a woman obtains when she is being taken (in a procession) from her father's house (to the bridegroom's) is declared to be \*adhyāvāhanika\* strīdhana. Whatever is given to a woman through affection by the father-in-law or mother-in law and what is received by her at the time of doing obeisance at the feet (of elders) is said to be \*prītidatta\* (gift through affection) strīdhana. That is declared to be \*śulka\* (bride's fee) which is obtained as the price of household utensils, of beasts of burden, of milch cattle, ornaments and slaves. Whatever is obtained by a woman after marriage from the family of her husband as also from the family of her (father's) kinsmen is said to be \*anvādheya\* (gift subsequent). According to Bhṛgu whatever is obtained by a woman after marriage through affection from her husband or from her parents is \*anvādheya\*. It may be noted that Kātyāyana's definitions of adhyagni and adhyāvāhanika are wide enough to include gifts made even by strangers on those occasions. - [Previous: v4.c63.t2.330](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.t2.330) - [Next: v4.c63.t2.332](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.t2.332) - [Up: v4.c63.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.t2) ## Cites (4) - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Nāradasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada) — Nārada, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.t2.331](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.t2.331) · Pramāṇa