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3. The Pritidāna (given with affection) i.e. things given by
the father-in-law and the mother-in-law at the time of
marriage. 4. The Audāyika (or Saudāyika) i.e. whatever is received
after the marriage from the parents or the husband. 5. The Anvādheya comprising things received from the ladies
of her own or of the husband's house-hold at the time
of marriage.
Briefly put, whatever is received at the time of the marriage by the bride is all her Stridhana. And after the marriage all the clothes and ornaments given to her by her own people or the members of her father-in-law's family are also regarded as Strīdhana. The Stridhana is not liable to division at a partition, like the ancestral property and except during a famine or for religious necessities nobody can take the Strīdhana, not even the husband.223 Hindu jurists also have expressly declared that the husband has no right to lay his hands upon the Strīdhana of his wife except in times of great distress (with a view) to tide over the difficulty.224
As a daughter also, a Jaina woman enjoyed ample proprietory rights. If a man had only a daughter and other male issue was non-existent, that daughter became the sole owner of the wealth of her father. For the daughter, like a son, is one's own self. The mother's property also went to the daughter whether she was married or unmarried. In the event of her father's death, daughter as a uterine sister of her brothers was entitled to a fourth part of the share of each brother. The share of a married daughter, however, in the property of the father in the presence of her brothers was nothing. Whatever the father gave her at the time of marriage. that only belonged to her.225
According to Jaina Law on the death of a person without a son, his widow takes her property, as an absolute owner, whether it be divided or undivided. Further, she takes the husband's share as an absolute owner even if there be a son.226 Herein lies the important difference between the Hindu Law and the Jaina Law. In accordance with the Hindu Law the son inherits the property of his deceased father and the widow is shown no consideration at all. The right of the widow to inherit her husband's property is not recognised by Hindu jurists.227 On the contrary a Jaina
