History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.813

v5.c75.813

Putra (son), all three descendants of a man were deemed to confer equally great spiritual benefit upon him 366, Manu says that by the birth of a son man wins the worlds, secures immortality by a grandson and reaches the abode of the sun by a great-grandson 366, Mitākṣarā included the great-grandson also in the extended meaning of the word 367-368, who deserves to be called p. 365