This single folio contains a short treatise on inheritance. In its form and content, it mirrors chapter 17 of the
brother's sonhas been expanded to
a uterine brother's son, then a half-brother's son, then a brother's grandson(
One important divergence in this manuscript is that it allows for the sisters of the deceased to inherit property, in the absence of a brother's grandson (bhrātuṣputrasya putraḥ tadabhāve bhaginī
,
Notably,
bhrātaraḥas an
brothers and sisters. In fact, the
bhrātṛputrāḥas an
Another text that seems to argue for the right of a sister to inherit is the
tulyā duhitaro,
equal daughters, to mean
tulyāḥ sodaryyāḥ(ed.
uterine sisters(1911, 233). This may not have been
putreṇa duhitā samā(
kulyā duhitaro(1996, 215) here.
In any case, what sets this manuscript apart from the two aforementioned texts as well as from traditional law is how it states, as a simple matter of fact, that sisters may inherit. It does not attempt to interpret a traditional text nor give any arguments for the rights of sisters; it simply includes them in the line of succession.
Orpiment.
śrīhariḥ
Part of the collection of
Acquired by
Spaces added between words where possible.
tadabhāve dattā kanyā | tadabhāve dauhitras tadabhāve pitā
bhrātaraḥ | tadabhāve sahodarabhrātṛputraḥ tadabhāve vaimātreyabhrātṛputraḥ | ta
ve bhāgineyaḥ | ta
tadabhāve prapitāmahī — | tadabhāve prapitāmaha pauhitrāntaḥ santānaḥ | yathā prapitāmahyantābhāve prapitāmahaputras tadabhāve pitṛ
vyaḥ ta
ddhaprapautraprabhṛtis trayaḥ tadabhāve vṛddhaprapitāmahādi tadabhāve yathākramaṃ
tadabhāve udāśīnaḥ |
saṃsṛṣṭimātṛparyyantarahitasya dhane prathamaṃ sodāro 'nyodaryyo 'pi yadi saṃsṛṣṭaḥ tatrāpi sodara eva | yadi a
nyodaryyaḥ saṃsṛṣṭī — sodaro 'saṃsṛṣṭī tadā vibhāgaḥ samaḥ yady api sodaro na saṃsṛṣṭaḥ vaimātreyaḥ saṃsṛṣṭī — tadā vibhājya samaṃ grāmyaṃ ||
atha strīdhanādhikāriṇaḥ || tatra
r abhāve vāgdattayo adhikāraḥ | tasyā — abhāve putravatyāḥ sambhāvitaputrayoś ca |
tasyābhāve ba
riktadhane bharttur adhikāraḥ | iti saṃmapitrya
dattadhane ca putramatve pi anūḍhādīnām adhikāraḥ | anūḍhādīnām abhāve — putrasyādhikāraḥ tasyābhāve bharttur adhikāraḥ tadabhāve mā-
tur adhikāraḥ | anūḍhā kanyā dhane | prathamaṃ sodarasyādhikāraḥ tadabhāve mātur adhikāraḥ tadabhāve pituḥ | sarvveṣv eva strīdhane
ṣu pitṛparyyantābhāve devarasyādhikāraḥ | tadabhāve bhrātṛsvastaradevaraputrayos tulyādhikāraḥ |
ta
nastrīdhanānām adhikāraḥ kramaḥ || ॰ ||