Zend Avesta Part 01

SR No.: 007671
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Darmesteter
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1895
Total Pages: 2695
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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XVIII, 15.
INHERITANCE.
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6. Again, if there are three sons of a Brâhmana (by wives of different castes), but no son by a Sûdra (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 Vaisya 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 Brâhmana among them, they shall divide it into six parts, and take three parts, two parts, and a single part respectively.
II. If there are sons of a Kshatriya by a Kshatriya, a Vaisya, and a Sûdra 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 Brahmana, the one belonging to the Brahmana and the other to the Kshatriya caste, they shall divide the estate into seven parts; and of these the Brahmana son shall take four parts;
13. The Kshatriya son, three parts.
14. Again, if there are two sons of a Brâhmana, and the one belongs to the Brahmana and the other to the Vaisya caste, the estate shall be divided into six parts; and of these, the Brahmana shall take four parts;
15. The Vaisya, two parts.
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