Arthashastra 3.7.6: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 7, Sutra 6
सगोत्रेणान्यगोत्रेण वा नियुक्तेन क्षेत्रजातः क्षेत्रजः पुत्रः ॥
sagotreṇānyagotreṇa vā niyuktena kṣetrajātaḥ kṣetrajaḥ putraḥ
अगर कोई और आदमी को यह काम के लिए लगाया जाये, उससे पैदा हुआ बेटा क्षेत्रज कहलाता है। वो आदमी अपने ही गोत्र का हो या किसी और का, फर्क नहीं पड़ता।
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Sandhi Notes
- सगोत्रेणान्यगोत्रेण = सगोत्रेण + अन्यगोत्रेण (अ + अ → आ)
- अन्यगोत्रेण वा नियुक्तेन: sandhi not obligatory
- words kept separate
- क्षेत्रजातः क्षेत्रजः: no sandhi
- appositional/definitional sequence (‘field-born—(called) kṣetrajā—son’)
Dāyabhāga / rules of sons and inheritance (definitions of putra-types)
Civil law; marital regulation; legitimacy and inheritance
- sa-gotreṇa
- by one of the same gotra/lineage
- anya-gotreṇa
- by one of another gotra
- vā
- or
- niyuktena
- by one appointed/authorized
- kṣetra-jātaḥ
- born in the ‘field’ (the wife) under appointment
- kṣetra-jaḥ putraḥ
- kṣetraja son
FAQs
It clarifies that legal recognition hinges on appointment (niyoga), not on lineage-matching alone—reducing disputes over legitimacy and succession.
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