Jaina Law Bhadrabahu Samhita

Author(s): J L Jaini
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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INAERITANCE AND PARTITION.
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house should be maintained by the younger brother, or all brothers united should make arrangement for food and clothes for them.
क्षत्रियस्य सवर्णाजोऽर्द्धभागी वैश्यजोद्भवः । तूयाशभागी शूद्राजः पितृदत्तांशुकादिभृत् ॥३३॥
Sons by a Kşatriya father, born of a wife of the same varna (i.e., a Kşatriya woman) get onehalf of the father's property, and the sons of a Vaisya wife get one-fourth of the same. The sons of a Sudra wife take only wliat the father has given them, as clothes, etc..
वैश्यस्य हि सवर्णाजः सर्वस्वामी भवेत्सुतः। शूद्रापुत्रोऽनवासार्ह इति वर्णत्रये विधिः ॥३४॥
The sons of a Vaisya father by a rise of the same varna (i.es, a Vaikya wife) become owners of all his property. His sons by a Sudra wife are entitled only to food and clothes. This is the rule of (inheritance among) the three vainas (Brahman, Ksatriya and Vaisya).
शुद्रस्यैकसवर्णाजा एका द्वौ वाऽधिका अपि । समांशमागिनः सर्वे शतपुत्रा भवन्त्यपि ॥३५॥
The sons of a Sudra father by a Sudra wife, whether they are one, two or more, or even a hundred, become owners of equal sbares.
एक पितृजभ्रातां पुत्रश्चैकस्य जायते । तेन पुत्रेण ते सर्वे बुधैः पुत्रिण ईरिताः ॥३६॥