History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.35

v5.c75.35

142, to become totally severed from the family of birth, but this is not quite accurate, since Nirnayasindhu, Dharmasindhu and the Dattakacandrikā state that the adopted son can perform the śrāddha of his natural father if the latter has no son at the time of his death 538-539, to whom should he offer piṇḍas 538