The institutes of Vishnu (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1880)

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VISH2VU.

XVII, 2.

2. But in regard to wealth inherited of the
paternal grandfather, the ownership of father and
son is equal.
3. (Sons), who have separated from their father,
should give a share to (a brother) who is born after
partition.
4. The wealth of a man who dies without male
issue goes to his wife ;
5. On failure of her, to his daughter ;
6. On failure of her, to his father;
7. On failure of him, to his mother ;
8. On failure of her, to his brother ;
9. On failure of him, to his brother’s son ;
10. On failure of him, to the relations called
Bandhu;
11. On failure of them, to the relations called
Sakulya;
12. On failure of them, to a fellow-student;
13. On failure of him, it goes to the king, with
the exception of a Brahma/za’s property.
14. The property of a Brahmazza goes to (other)
Brahmazzas.

8. ‘On failure of brothers the sister inherits.’ (Nand.)
9. ‘ On failure of a brother’s son the sister’s son inherits.’ (Nand.)
10. Bandhu means SapiWa (allied by funeral oblations). The
inheritance goes first to the SapiWas on the father’s side in the
following order: (the brother’s son), the brother’s grandson, the
grandfather, his son, grandson, and great-grandson, the great-grand-
father, his son, grandson, and great-grandson. Then follow the
mother’s SapiWas in the same order. (Nand.)
11. Sakulya means distant kinsmen, beginning with the fifth in
descent and ascent. On failure of such, the inheritance goes to the
spiritual teacher; on failure of him, to a pupil of the deceased, as
ordained by Apastamba (II, 6, 14, 3); and on failure of him, to a
fellow-student, as stated in Sutra 12. (Nand.)