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

XVIII, ig.

INHERITANCE.

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6. Again, if there are three sons of a Brahmazza
(by wives of different castes), but no son by a Audra
(wife) among them, they shall divide the estate into
nine parts.
7. (Of these) let them take, each in the order of
his caste, shares amounting to four, three, and two
parts of the whole respectively.
8. (If there are three sons by wives of different
castes, but) no Vahya among them, they shall
divide the estate into eight parts, and take four
parts, three parts, and one part respectively.
9. (If there are three sons, but) no Kshatriya
among them, they shall divide it into seven parts,
and take four parts, two parts, and a single part
respectively.
10. If there is no Brahmazza among them, they
shall divide it into six parts, and take three parts,
two parts, and a single part respectively.
11. If there are sons of a Kshatriya by a Ksha-
triya, a Vahya, and a Audra wife, the mode of
division shall be the same (i. e. the estate shall be
divided into six parts, &c.)
12. Again, if there are two sons of a Brahmazza,
the one belonging to the Brahmazza and the other
to the Kshatriya caste, they shall divide the estate
into seven parts ; and of these the Brahmazza son
shall take four parts ;
13. The Kshatriya son, three parts.
14. Again, if there are two sons of a Brahmazza,
and the one belongs to the Brahmazza and the other
to the Vahya caste, the estate shall be divided into
six parts; and of these, the Brahmazza shall take
four parts ;
15. The Yahya, two parts.