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Dharmaśāstra
[50 असपिण्डासगोत्रपुत्रपरिग्रहपरीक्षा Asapindasagotraputraparigraha
parikṣā No. 50
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No. 1886-92 Size.-71 in. by 47 in. Extent.-18.+2(= 20) leaves; 9lines to a page; 22 letters to a line. Description. Modern water-marked paper ; Devanāgari characters;
handwriting good; two lines in red ink on either border ; no marks of punctuation ; paper musty. Two extra folios bearing on the subject, but not forming part of the work proper, are found in the beginning.
A work on adoption. “This supports the adoption of a child not of the same lineage, when it is a family usage,
just as a Dākşiņātya can marry the daughter of his mater. ... nal. uncle, this being permitted by his family usage.'
Haraprasad Shastri's Cat. of Asiatic Society of Bengal. Vol. III, No. 2391. The latter Ms. is identical with our
Codex. Age.- Appears to be modern. Author. - Anonymous. Begins.- fol. 10.
श्रीगणेशाय नमः॥ असपिंडासगोत्रस्य पुत्रत्वेन परिमहः । युज्यते वा ववेत्येषा चिंता प्रस्तूयतेधुना॥१॥ सास्याच्छतिविरोधादि सदसद्भावचिन्तया।
अतो द्वयमृचोर्यास्कं भाज्यादुद्गृह्य चिंत्यते ॥२॥ etc. Ends.- fol. 18.
पदि न स्यात्ततः किं स्यादस्ति स्वास्तिको हत इति न्यायादस्यतसंदिग्धगोत्रसंकरसंभावका सगोत्रपुत्रपरिग्रहोपेक्षापक्ष एव श्रेयानित्याहुरिति वीतम.. स्सराः सुधियो बिवां कुर्वतु । इत्यसपिंडासगोत्रपुत्रपरिग्रहपरीक्षा