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aputro'nena vidhinā sutāṁ kurvīta putrikām । yadapatyaṁ bhavedasyāṁ tanmama syātsvadhākaram । । 9.127 । ।</blockquote>The text mentions Daksha Prajapati as an example for this case and thereby, it is held that one may have more than one Putrika.<ref name=":4" /><blockquote>दशेत्यादिलिङ्गादानेकपुत्रिकाकरणमपीच्छन्ति ॥१२९<ref name=":5" /> daśetyādiliṅgādānekaputrikākaraṇamapīcchanti ॥129</blockquote>In this very context the Manusmrti emphasises that the son is one's own self and the daughter is equal to the son. And as long as she exists, especially as a Putrika, no one else can take the father's property.<ref name=":4" /><blockquote>यथैवात्मा तथा पुत्रः पुत्रेण दुहिता समा । तस्यां आत्मनि तिष्ठन्त्यां कथं अन्यो धनं हरेत् । । ९.१३० । ।<ref name=":1" />  

aputro'nena vidhinā sutāṁ kurvīta putrikām । yadapatyaṁ bhavedasyāṁ tanmama syātsvadhākaram । । 9.127 । ।</blockquote>The text mentions Daksha Prajapati as an example for this case and thereby, it is held that one may have more than one Putrika.<ref name=":4" /><blockquote>दशेत्यादिलिङ्गादानेकपुत्रिकाकरणमपीच्छन्ति ॥१२९<ref name=":5" /> daśetyādiliṅgādānekaputrikākaraṇamapīcchanti ॥129</blockquote>In this very context the Manusmrti emphasises that the son is one's own self and the daughter is equal to the son. And as long as she exists, especially as a Putrika, no one else can take the father's property.<ref name=":4" /><blockquote>यथैवात्मा तथा पुत्रः पुत्रेण दुहिता समा । तस्यां आत्मनि तिष्ठन्त्यां कथं अन्यो धनं हरेत् । । ९.१३० । ।<ref name=":1" />  

yathaivātmā tathā putraḥ putreṇa duhitā samā । tasyāṁ ātmani tiṣṭhantyāṁ kathaṁ anyo dhanaṁ haret । । 9.130 । ।</blockquote>Implying that if at the time of the father's death, the Putrika has no child, she cannot be denied the right to inherit her father's property.<ref name=":4" />

yathaivātmā tathā putraḥ putreṇa duhitā samā । tasyāṁ ātmani tiṣṭhantyāṁ kathaṁ anyo dhanaṁ haret । । 9.130 । ।</blockquote>Implying that if at the time of the father's death, the Putrika has no child, she cannot be denied the right to inherit her father's property. But if a son happens to be born to her father after she has been declared as his Putrika (and thereby her son as her father's heir), the property is divided equally among the two.<ref name=":4" /><blockquote>पुत्रिकायां कृतायां तु यदि पुत्रोऽनुजायते । समस्तत्र विभागः स्यात्.. । । ९.१३४ । ।<ref name=":1" />

 

putrikāyāṁ kr̥tāyāṁ tu yadi putro'nujāyate । samastatra vibhāgaḥ syāt.. । । 9.134 । ।</blockquote>

== दण्डविधिः ॥ Quantum of Penalty ==

== दण्डविधिः ॥ Quantum of Penalty ==