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Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma-Sástra of Yájnavalkya

Note 200 — LAW AND JUDICATURE.

W. A. (William Austin) Montriou translation

having lost his parents, or being abandoned by them. (M.) We have some doubt of the Commentator's meaning: here as the alternative includes a separate head and description, viz. (xii) in the succeeding sloka. The word rendered 'abandoned' literally signifies 'liberated,' 'set free;' so the meaning may be,—one who is left free to choose for himself.

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