History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.382

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Adoption; age of boy to be taken in 679-680; an only son now allowed by courts to be taken in 676; Bombay High Court allows any one to be taken in, except a daughter's son, sister's son or mother's sister's son 683; boy of same caste to be taken in 675; boy must be taken in, before upanayana or marriage except in Bombay 681; boy to be taken in a. must be reflection of an aurasa son 682; ceremonies of 687-689; confers same rights in adoptive family as those of an aurasa son 689-690; daughter may be taken in a. acc. to some writers 675; daughter's son or sister's son may be taken in a. on ground of custom 684; eldest son may now be taken in 677; foundation of the doctrine of 666; giving and taking of the boy is a necessary requisite of 687; gotra of natural family persists for certain purposes even after 695-697; if aurasa son born after a., the adopted son takes a lesser share 698: in the dvyāmuṣyāyaṇa form 685-687; male alone can be taken in 674-675; mother alone can give away her son in a. if father be dead 666; mother cannot give away in a. if she has remarried 667; objects of adoption 665-666; one who has no son, son's son or son's son's son can alone take in 667; only a man's widow can take a boy in a. after his death 668; primary right to give in a. is that of the father 666; principal matters discussed under 665; results of 689-699; severance from natural family not complete for all purposes 691-697; śūdras cannot take in a. acc. to Rudradhara and Vācaspati 668; views about widow's power to take in 668-669; who can give a son in 666-667; who may be taken in 674-683; who may take in 667-674.