[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s18.237 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.237 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.237 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.237](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.237) As for the method of division, it is clear from the Taittirīya Saṃhitā⁶ that the elder son was usually preferred; perhaps this was always the case after death. During the father's lifetime another might be preferred, as appears from a passage of the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa.⁷ Women were excluded from partition or inheritance, according to the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa⁸ and the Nirukta.⁹ They were, no doubt, supported by their brothers; but if they had none they might be reduced to prostitution.¹⁰ Detailed rules of inheritance appear in the Sūtras.¹¹ - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.236](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.236) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.238](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.238) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (4) - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya) — Sanskrit - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska) — Yāska, Sanskrit - [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.pancavimsa) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.237](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.237) · Pramāṇa