Strīdhana
idea · 6 works · 7 mentions · 11 anchored passages
strīdhana · woman's property · Woman's Property · sixfold strīdhana · stridhana · strīdhana (स्त्रीधन) · the property of a deceased woman · woman's exclusive property
spoken of as
1 expressionWoman's Property“Strīdhana”2 mentions
Kātyāyana Smṛti (Sanskrit) · Nāradasmṛti (Sanskrit)
What is given before the nuptial fire (*adhyagni*), what is given at the bridal procession (*adhyāvāhanika*), and what is given to a woman out of affection, and what is received from a brother, mother, or father—Woman's Property (*strīdhana*) is remembered as six-fold.
in the texts
Kātyāyana Smṛti
The special category of property belonging to a woman, subject to distinct rules of inheritance and disposal.
A righteous king should make a woman pay a fine from her Woman's Property.
The *strīdhana* received by a woman from her father in the Āsura and other forms of marriage, in the absence of her offspring, is desired to go to her mother and father.
The immovable property given to a daughter by her parents, if she dies without issue, always goes to her brother.
Bṛhaspati Smṛti
A woman's separate property, inherited by her offspring with special rules for daughters.
/ *Strīdhana* belongs to her offspring, and a daughter is a sharer in it, / if she is unmarried;
Manusmṛti
Property belonging distinctly to a woman, classified into six sources, governed by special inheritance rules.
193 // What is given before the nuptial fire, what is given at the bridal procession, what is given as a token of affection, and what is received from her brother, mother, or father—this is remembered as the sixfold `strīdhana`.
Nāradasmṛti
A legal category of property belonging distinctly to a woman, with defined sources and rules of inheritance.
If a brother should die without issue or become an ascetic, the remaining brothers shall divide his wealth, except for the woman's property (`strīdhana` (स्त्रीधन)).
What is given before the nuptial fire, what is given in the bridal procession, the husband's gift, and what is given by a brother, mother, or father—this is remembered as the sixfold woman's property (`strīdhana` (स्त्रीधन)).
A woman who has lost all her property and her woman's property (`strīdhana` (स्त्रीधन)), who has caused an abortion, and who desires the death of her husband—such a woman should be banished from the house.
Viṣṇu Smṛti
Property exclusively belonging to a woman, including gifts and bride-price, with specific inheritance rules on her death
and a subsequent gift—this is *strīdhana* (a woman's exclusive property).
In the four forms of marriage beginning with the Brāhma, if a woman dies without issue, her property goes to her husband.
But in all forms, if she has borne children, whatever property she has goes to her daughter.
Yājñavalkya Smṛti
A legal category of property belonging exclusively to a woman, with specific rules of acquisition and inheritance.
To a superseded wife, he should give a gift on supersession of equal value, if no `*strīdhana*` had been given to her;
The `*strīdhana*` of a childless woman married in one of the four forms beginning with the Brāhma goes to her husband;
What is given by the father, mother, husband, or brother, what is received at the nuptial fire, and the gift on supersession and the like, is declared to be `*strīdhana*`.