History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.364

v4.c63.t2.364

Kāt. (903) declares:¹⁵¹⁴ 'whatever was given to a woman for wearing only on some occasion (or on condition) or with fraudulent intent by the father, brother or husband is not held to be strīdhana.' The idea is that if the father or husband gives some ornament to his daughter or wife for wearing on some special occasion (*upādhi*) or if a father or husband in fraud of his co-parceners gives some family property to his daughter or wife it cannot become strīdhana.