History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.292
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.292
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The Vyavahāra-mayūkha quotes a verse of Devala²⁰¹⁷ 'on the father's death the sons should divide the paternal wealth, for they have no ownership as long as the father who suffers from no blemish (that deprive him of ownership) is alive'. Here the first half lays down a time for partition (it is a vidhi), the latter half is only an arthavāda praising the vidhi and means that, as long as the father is alive, the sons are not independent and not that they have no ownership in ancestral property.