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)
## The Definition and Types of Woman's Property
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Kātyāyana Smṛti
The special category of property belonging to a woman, subject to distinct rules of inheritance and disposal.
## Heirs to the Property of a Deceased Woman
In the absence of daughters, that inheritance goes to the sons.
Sisters with their husbands should divide it with their kinsmen.
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.
Woman's property (`strīdhana` (स्त्रीधन)) goes to her offspring;
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)).
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).
But in all forms, if she has borne children, whatever property she has goes to her daughter.
In the four forms of marriage beginning with the Brāhma, if a woman dies without issue, her property goes to her husband.
Yājñavalkya Smṛti
A legal category of property belonging exclusively to a woman, with specific rules of acquisition and inheritance.
What is given by her kinsmen, as well as the nuptial fee and a subsequent gift;
The `*strīdhana*` of a childless woman married in one of the four forms beginning with the Brāhma goes to her husband;
To a superseded wife, he should give a gift on supersession of equal value, if no `*strīdhana*` had been given to her;