Arthashastra 3.5.12: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 5, Sutra 12
Devanagari script
पित्रभावे भ्रातरो भ्रातृपुत्राश्च ॥
Transliteration
pitrabhāve bhrātaro bhrātṛputrāś ca
Translation
अगर बाप नहीं रहा, तो भाई लोग जायदाद में हिस्सा लेते हैं। भाई के बेटे भी हिस्सा में आते हैं।
Word by Word
पितृ-भावेin the absence of the father
पितृ-भावे:
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ; भाव
Formसमासपदम्; पितृ (षष्ठी एकवचन) + भाव (सप्तमी एकवचन); समस्तपदस्य विभक्ति: सप्तमी एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (भाव)
भ्रातरःthe brothers
भ्रातरः:
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रातृ
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन
भ्रातृ-पुत्राःand the brothers’ sons (nephews)
भ्रातृ-पुत्राः:
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रातृ; पुत्र
Formसमासपदम्; भ्रातृ (षष्ठी एकवचन) + पुत्र (प्रथमा बहुवचन); समस्तपदस्य विभक्ति: प्रथमा बहुवचन; पुंलिङ्ग
चand
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय
Entities Mentioned
B
brothersN
nephews (brothers’ sons)FAQs
Continuity of property within the natal lineage and administrable proximity of kinship for succession.
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