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BKZHASPATI.

XXV, 26.

birth and family name having been ascertained
(first).
26. He whom indigenous inhabitants and neigh-
bours know to be the (legal) owner, to the descen-
dants of that man must the land be surrendered by
his kinsmen, when they make their appearance.
27. Let Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaivyas, and
•Sudras, begotten in order by a Brahman, take four,
three, two shares, and one share, in succession.
28. Let those begotten by a Kshatriya (take) three
shares, two shares, and one share (respectively). Let
those begotten by a Vaiyya take two shares and one
share.
29. The son by a Kshatriya wife, if elder by birth
and endowed with superior qualities, shall take an
equal share with the Brahman (son) ; and so shall a
son by a Vaisya wife (share equally) with a Ksha-
triya son.
30. Land obtained by acceptance of a gift must
never be given to the son of a Kshatriya woman or
other (wife inferior in caste to her husband). Though
their father may have given it to them, the son by a
Brahman wife shall take it after the death (of the
father).
31. An obedient and excellent son of a man
having no other male issue, shall receive a mainten-
ance (though he be born) of a Lu dr a woman ; let the
Sapinas take the remainder.

27. LTgg-vala, p. 79; Varadara^a, p. 19.
28. Varadaraga, p. 19.
29. Col. Dig. V, 3, 156; D. IX, 15; V. p. 98.
30. Col. Dig. V, 3, 161; D. IX, 19; M. I, 4, 36, I, 8, 8; May.
p. 46; V. p. 99; Viv. p. 272.
31. Col. Dig. V, 3, 168; D. IX, 28; Viv. p. 274; May. p. 47.