Baudhāyana

As stated by Baudhāyana:

" And because of the verses of Baudhāyana, the *Nigama*, etc.

> The bright Caturdaśī of the month of Madhu (Caitra) and Śrāvaṇa, / > that should be taken when it pervades the night;

If, on the other hand, the book first made accessible had been Gautama, or Baudhâyana, or Apastamba, it would probably have been set down at once as a manual of practical religious conduct, the Whole Duty of a Hindu;

Among the ancient Hindu writers, Baudhâyana seems to have wholly denied the right of women to inherit:

‘Like many other ancient teachers, Baudhâyana permits childless Aryans to satisfy their craving for representatives bearing their name, and to allay their fears of falling after death into the regions of torment through a failure of the funeral oblations, by the affiliation of eleven kinds of substitutes for a legitimate son.