Jīmūtavāhana's dayabhaga : the Hindu law of inheritance in Bengal /
This is a translation of a 12th-century Sanskrit legal text, together with the original text. The Dayabhaga was one of the most important texts in the history of Indian law due to the prominence the British gave it in the 19th century.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Text in Sanskrit and English translation. |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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| Series: | South Asia research (New York, N.Y.)
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Partition of paternal property
- 2. Partition of ancestral property
- 3. Partition by brothers after their father's death
- 4. Female property
- 5. Persons barred from partition
- 6. Property that is subject to partition and property that is not
- 7. The share of a son born after partition
- 8. The share of an heir who comes forward after partition
- 9. The shares of sons of one father by wives of equal and lower castes
- 10. Partition between a full-fledged son and an appointed daughter or other kinds of sons
- 11. The inheritance of a man who dies without male offspring
- 12. Partition by persons who were reunited
- 13. Partition of property that was withheld at the time of partition
- 14. Evidence to prove that a valid partition took place
- 15. Epilogue.