Jaina Law Bhadrabahu Samhita

SR No.: 011057
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: J L Jaini
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Total Pages: 146
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
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APPENDIX B.
अनपत्ये मृते पत्यौ सर्वस्य स्वामिनी वधू ।। सापि दत्तमनादाय स्वपुत्री प्रेमपाशतः ॥ ११४ ॥ ज्येष्टादि पुत्र दायादा भावे पंचत्व मागता॥
चेत्तदा स्वामिनी पुत्री भवेत्सर्व धनस्यच ॥११५॥ If a husband dies without leaving issue (97969' without santina) bebind bim, bis wife becomes the owner of all his property also; if the widow has no male relations consisting of sons of her husband's elder or younger brothers and has a daughter whom she loves dearly, if such a widow dies without adopting a boy, then her doughter succeeds to the estate of her deceased husband (Shlokas 114 and 115).
विधवाहि विभक्ता चेव्ययं कुर्यात् यथेच्छया॥
प्रतिषेधान कोऽप्यत्र दायादश्च कथंचन ॥१२४॥
If a widow is separate (vibhakta), she can, according to her desire, spend her own property ; neither her Dayadas, i.e., her heirs, near or remote, nor any one else has power to prevent her (from spending money) (Shloka 124).
Bhadrabahu Samhita : This is the oldest of the Jaina Law books, so far known to us. It was written in the 4th Century B. O. The original book of which the Bhadrababu Sambita forma a chapter is the Upasakadhyayana Anga, one of the twelve Angas of the Jainas. This Anga, like most Jaina ancient books, is unavailable. But Bhadrababu, according to Jaina tradition and the latest Oriental research, was a contemporary of Chandragupta, of whom he was the rovered preceptor also. Thus Bhadrabahu, the author or compiler of these
* Cf. the historical evidence given in the Hindi Magazine, Juina Siddhanta Bhaskara edited by Soth Padmarajaji (of No. 9, Jagmohan-Malliok street, Calontta). Vol. 1, No. 1, for July to September 1912, pages 11 and the following.