Sutra 14

Devanagari script

सोदर्याणामनेकपितृकाणां पितृतो दायविभागः ॥ कZ_०३.५.१४ ॥

Transliteration

sodaryāṇām anekapitṛkāṇāṃ pitṛto dāyavibhāgaḥ

Translation

Among uterine siblings who have different fathers, inheritance is to be partitioned according to the respective fathers’ estates.

Word by Word

• सोदर्याणाम्: of uterine (full) brothers/siblings
• Type: Noun (Adjective used substantively)
• Root: सोदर्य
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम्; पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्यतः); ‘सोदर्य’ = सह-उदर (एकोदरसम्बन्धिनः) → ‘uterine brothers/siblings’

• अनेकपितृकाणाम्: of those having different fathers (born of the same mother but different fathers)
• Type: Noun (Adjective used substantively)
• Root: अनेकपितृक
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम्; पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्यतः); ‘अनेक-पितृक’ = अनेकाः पितरः येषाम् (भिन्नपितृकाः)

• पितृतः: from the father’s side / by the father (paternal line)
• Type: Indeclinable (Adverbial ablative)
• Root: पितृ
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययम्; अर्थः ‘पितृ-पक्षात्/पितृ-सम्बन्धेन’ (from the father’s side)

• दायविभागः: partition/division of inheritance
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाय + विभाग
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; पुंलिङ्गः; ‘दायस्य विभागः’ = inheritance-partition

Entities Mentioned

• uterine siblings
• fathers
• inheritance estate (dāya)

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FAQs

What rule is prescribed when siblings share the same mother but not the same father?

Their inheritance is divided with reference to each father’s property—each set of children succeeds to its own father’s estate.

What administrative purpose does this rule serve?

It prevents intermingling of estates across paternal lines and reduces litigation by fixing a clear basis for partition.