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XVII, 55.
INHERITANCE.
44. The goats, the sheep, and the house belong to the youngest,
45. Black iron, the utensils, and the furniture to the middlemost.
46. Let the daughters divide the nuptial present of their mother.
47. If a Brâhmana has issue by wives belonging to the Brâhmana, Kshatriya, and Vaisya classes respectively,
48. The son of the Brâhmana wife shall receive three shares,
49. The son of the Kshatriya wife two shares, 50. The other (sons) shall inherit equal shares
51. And if one of the (brothers) has gained something by his own (effort), he shall receive a double share.
52. But those who have entered a different order receive no share,
53. Nor (those who are) eunuchs, madmen, or outcasts.
54. Eunuchs and madmen (have a claim to) maintenance.
55. The widow of a deceased person shall sleep 46. Colebrooke V, Dig. CCCCXCII; Dâyabhâga IV, 2, 15; Vishnu XVII, 21.
47-50. Colebrooke V, Dig. CLIV; Vishnu XVIII, 1-5. 51. Colebrooke V, Dig. LXXV, CXXXVIII, CCCLVI; Dâyabhâga II, 41; Vyavahâra Mayûkha IV, 7,8. By his own effort,' i.e. by learning or disputations with learned men, by bravery in battle, &c.
52. Colebrooke V, Dig. CCCXXXVIII; Mitaksharâ II, 8, 7; 10, 3; Vyavahâra Mayakha IV, 11, 5. The persons intended are a perpetual student, a hermit, and ascetic.
53. Vyavahâra Mayûkha IV, 11, 10. 54. Vyavahâra Mayûkha IV, 11, 10; Vishnu XV, 33.
55. 'Practising religious vows,' i. e. 'eating only once a day, and so forth.'-Krishnapandita.
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