Jimutavahana (English spelling)

...One of the two schools of Hindu law in India. The Dayabhaga is a book on joint families and inheritance written by Jimutavāhana in Bengal at the end of the 11th century. Later, commentaries on it were made one after another, forming the Bengal school of law, and during the British rule it became the source of Hindu family law in Bengal. In contrast to the Mitāksāra school of law that was the source of law in other parts of India, this law gave the patriarch great authority, and held that a son's rights to the family property did not arise by birth but after the death of his father. When sons, uncles, and nephews jointly owned the family property, each person had his own share, which he could dispose of without obtaining the consent of the other members.

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…インドの2ヒンドゥー法学派の一つ。《ダーヤバーガ》は11世紀末ベンガルでジームータバーハナJīmūtavāhanaが著した合同家族と相続に関する法律書で，後世これの注釈があいついで作られ，ベンガルの法学派が形成され，イギリス支配時代にはベンガルのヒンドゥー家族法の法源とされた。インドの他の地方の法源となったミタークシャラー学派の法に対して，この法では，家父長は大きな権限をもち，家産に対する息子の権利は出生によって生ずるのではなく，父の死後に生ずるとされ，息子たちや叔父･甥が家産を合同に所有する場合，各人はそれぞれの持分をもち，その分は他の成員の同意を得ることなしに処分できた。…

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