Arthashastra 3.2.37 - Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 2, Sutra 37

Kautilya

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Arthashastra 3.2.37: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 2, Sutra 37

Devanagari script

शुल्कमन्वाधेयमन्यद्वा बन्धुभिर्दत्तं बान्धवा हरेयुः । इति स्त्रीधनकल्पः ॥

Recitation with translationArthashastra 3.2.37

Transliteration

śulkam anvādheyam anyad vā bandhubhir dattaṃ bāndhavā hareyuḥ | iti strīdhanakalpaḥ

Translation

जब लड़की की शादी होती है, जो पैसा लड़के वालों को मिलता है वो शुल्क है। जो रिश्तेदार देते हैं वो भी उसका माल है। यह सब चीज़ें उसके रिश्तेदार ले जाते हैं। स्त्रीधन के रूल्स यही हैं।

Word by Word

शुल्कम्bride-price / marriage payment

अन्वाधेयम्post-nuptial gift/settlement given to the wife

अन्यत्anything else; other (property)

वाor

बन्धुभिःby (her) relatives/kinsmen

दत्तम्given

बान्धवाःthe kinsmen/relatives (of the woman)

हरेयुःmay take away / are entitled to take (recover)

इतिthus

स्त्रीधनकल्पःthe section on strīdhana (woman’s property)

Entities Mentioned

relatives (bandhu/bāndhava)

bride-price (śulka)

anvādheya

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A source-of-property rule: assets revert to the donor-line (kinsmen) when the asset’s origin is kin-gift, clarifying competing claims.

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