The Hindu Law of Adoption (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE LAW OF ADOPTION. LECTURE I. ORIGIN OF ADOPTION AND STATUS OF SONS AND WIVES IN ANCIENT LAW. Origin of adoption traceable to principle of slavery?Vasishtha's text?Patrio, potestas? Sale of children for slaves?Slavery in Hindu law?Mann?Narada?Story of Sanahsepha? Invalid adoption and slavery?Colebrooke?Abolition of slavery in India?Its effects on adoption?Marriage in early law?Forms of marriage?Asura?Arsha?Daiva?Rak- shasa?Hi;ili nin and Prujapatya?Gandharva?Paisacha?Marriage meant transfer of dominion?Its character?Wives joint property?Seventeen descriptions of sons?1. Aurasa or real legitimate son?2. Kshetraja or appointed wife's son?Condition of appointment? Who could appoint?Men to be appointed?Meaning of Niyoga?Its origin?Looseness of marriage union?in Sparta?in Athens?in Bome?Wives heritable property?Modification of this practice?Niyoga of a widow?Levirate?Remarriage of widows?8. Paunar- bhava or son of a twice-married woman?4. Gvdhaja or secretly born son of an adulterous wife?5. Sahodhaja or son of the pregnant bride?6. Kdnlna or an nnmarried damsel's son?7. Putrikd-putra or son of an appointed daughter?These are sous by operation of law?8. Krtta or purchased son?9. Daltaka or given son?10. Svayan- datta or self-given son?11. Kriiiima or the son made?12. Apabiddha or the deserted son?These five are sons by adoption?Other descriptions of sons?13. Putrikd or the appointed daughter?14. Vijaja or natural son?15. Yatrakvachotpddita or son begotten on any woman?16. Dvydmushydyana or son of two fathers?17. Sandra or son of a twice-born by a Sudra wife?Sonship involved idea of dominion?Procreation by father no element of its conception?No limit to the number of a man's subsidiary sons?Natural relationship no bar to adoption?No restriction as to the age of the adopted?M...