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GENERAL NOTE TO LECTURE VII.
The Law of Adoption according to the
Dattakaciromani.
The Dattakagiromani is an epitome of seven Treatises
on Adoption, arranged in twenty-one Chapters. To facili-
tate reference, the compiler has generally added a summary
at the close of each Chapter. The passages extracted from
the Dattakamimamsa and Dattakachandrika lead on every
topic. They are frequently accompanied by a commentary.
The subjoined version of some of the principal portions
of the Dattakagiromani, and of part of the summaries
contained in it, has been prepared with a view to utilize
that valuable compilation which was prepared under the
judicious patronage of the Founder of the Tagore Law
Lectures. Those passages in the Dattakagiromani which
are quoted from the Dattakamimamsa and Dattaka-
chandrika have been omitted, as these works are already
accessible in an English form.
Chapter II of the Dattakaciromani.
Right to adopt a son.
Dattakanivnaya.—The rule for giving and taking an Datiaka
(adoptive) son shall be stated next. On this subject, Vasistha ni,na-)<1,
says,1—“ A son produced of virile seed and uterine blood
proceeds from his mother and father (as an effect) from its
cause. Both parents have power to give, to sell, and to
abandon him. But let him not give or receive (in adoption)
an only son. For he (must remain) to continue the line
of the ancestors.”
1 See Professor Buhler’s Translation of th^ Vasishtha-smriti, Sacred
Books, XIV, p. 75.
The Law of Adoption according to the
Dattakaciromani.
The Dattakagiromani is an epitome of seven Treatises
on Adoption, arranged in twenty-one Chapters. To facili-
tate reference, the compiler has generally added a summary
at the close of each Chapter. The passages extracted from
the Dattakamimamsa and Dattakachandrika lead on every
topic. They are frequently accompanied by a commentary.
The subjoined version of some of the principal portions
of the Dattakagiromani, and of part of the summaries
contained in it, has been prepared with a view to utilize
that valuable compilation which was prepared under the
judicious patronage of the Founder of the Tagore Law
Lectures. Those passages in the Dattakagiromani which
are quoted from the Dattakamimamsa and Dattaka-
chandrika have been omitted, as these works are already
accessible in an English form.
Chapter II of the Dattakaciromani.
Right to adopt a son.
Dattakanivnaya.—The rule for giving and taking an Datiaka
(adoptive) son shall be stated next. On this subject, Vasistha ni,na-)<1,
says,1—“ A son produced of virile seed and uterine blood
proceeds from his mother and father (as an effect) from its
cause. Both parents have power to give, to sell, and to
abandon him. But let him not give or receive (in adoption)
an only son. For he (must remain) to continue the line
of the ancestors.”
1 See Professor Buhler’s Translation of th^ Vasishtha-smriti, Sacred
Books, XIV, p. 75.