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190 NARADA. XIII, 5.
* 5. Or the senior brother shall maintain all (the
junior brothers), like a father, if they wish it, or even
the youngest brother, if able; the well-being of a
family depends on the ability (of its head).
*6. Property gained by valour, or belonging to
a wife, and the gains of science, are three kinds
of wealth not subject to partition ; and so is a favour
conferred by the father (exempt from partition).
* 7. When the mother has bestowed (a portion
of) her property on any (of her sons) from affection,
the rule is the same in that case also ; for the mother
is equal to the father (as regards her competence to
bestow gifts).
*8. What (was given) before the (nuptial) fire,
what (was given) during the bridal procession, the
husband’s donation, and what was received from
her brother, mother, or father, that is called the six-
fold property of a woman (Stridhana).
distribution only: one equal, and the other with the customary
deductions in favour of the eldest son, middlemost son, &c., ac-
cording to the order of seniority. The writers of this school,
therefore, have endeavoured to refute the interpretation of the
Dayabhaga. See Viramitrodaya, transl., p. 54.—Manu IX, 112
foil.; Ya^wavalkya II, 114; Apastamba II, 6, 14; Gautama
XXVIII, 2; Vishwu XVII, 1; Baudhayana II, 3, 9.
5. As the management of the property and government of the
family, under this rule, may devolve on the youngest brother even,
it follows that the middlemost brother may get it a fortiori. This
is expressly stated in the Dayabhaga (III, 1, 13, Colebrooke).
Manu IX, 108.
6. ‘ What was received at the time of obtaining a wife is here
called the “wealth of a wife;” meaning effects obtained on
account of marriage.’ Dayabhaga (VI, 1, 13, Colebrooke); Manu
IX, 206; Yag-ffavalkya II, 119.
8. It may be asked by whom the gifts presented before the
nuptial fire and during the bridal procession, i. e. at two different
stages of the marriage ceremony, must have been presented in
* 5. Or the senior brother shall maintain all (the
junior brothers), like a father, if they wish it, or even
the youngest brother, if able; the well-being of a
family depends on the ability (of its head).
*6. Property gained by valour, or belonging to
a wife, and the gains of science, are three kinds
of wealth not subject to partition ; and so is a favour
conferred by the father (exempt from partition).
* 7. When the mother has bestowed (a portion
of) her property on any (of her sons) from affection,
the rule is the same in that case also ; for the mother
is equal to the father (as regards her competence to
bestow gifts).
*8. What (was given) before the (nuptial) fire,
what (was given) during the bridal procession, the
husband’s donation, and what was received from
her brother, mother, or father, that is called the six-
fold property of a woman (Stridhana).
distribution only: one equal, and the other with the customary
deductions in favour of the eldest son, middlemost son, &c., ac-
cording to the order of seniority. The writers of this school,
therefore, have endeavoured to refute the interpretation of the
Dayabhaga. See Viramitrodaya, transl., p. 54.—Manu IX, 112
foil.; Ya^wavalkya II, 114; Apastamba II, 6, 14; Gautama
XXVIII, 2; Vishwu XVII, 1; Baudhayana II, 3, 9.
5. As the management of the property and government of the
family, under this rule, may devolve on the youngest brother even,
it follows that the middlemost brother may get it a fortiori. This
is expressly stated in the Dayabhaga (III, 1, 13, Colebrooke).
Manu IX, 108.
6. ‘ What was received at the time of obtaining a wife is here
called the “wealth of a wife;” meaning effects obtained on
account of marriage.’ Dayabhaga (VI, 1, 13, Colebrooke); Manu
IX, 206; Yag-ffavalkya II, 119.
8. It may be asked by whom the gifts presented before the
nuptial fire and during the bridal procession, i. e. at two different
stages of the marriage ceremony, must have been presented in