[Footnote 206: _pitárau._ First the mother, then the father--says the Commentator. But Manu, ch. 9, sl. 185:--If a man die without male issue, the father is heir; next to him in order, the brothers--and, sl. 217--If a man die childless, his mother succeeds.--Such is the contradictory character of texts and comments on this subject. The law in use in Bengal is the reverse of the Commentator's gloss.] [Footnote 207: first, of the whole blood; then, half-brothers. (_M._)] [Footnote 208: as representing their respective fathers. (_M._)] [Footnote 209: family; kindred of the same _stirpes_ or stock. These are thus detailed by the Commentator; 1. paternal grandmother, 2. paternal grandfather, 3. paternal uncles, 4. sons of the uncles, on failure of paternal grandfather's line, then, 5. paternal great-grandmother, 6. paternal great-grandfather, 7. their sons, 8. their sons' offspring. All of whom (proceeds the Commentator) are _sapiṇḍas_, connected by food oblations. If they fail, then follow those connected by the water oblation only, _viz._ seven degrees in the ascending line beyond _sapiṇḍas_, _i. e._ _samánodacas._] [Footnote 210: divided by the Commentator into three classes, _viz._ 1. of one's self, 2. of one's father, 3. of one's mother; as, the sons of a father's or of a mother's sister, or a maternal uncle (one's own kin)--the sons of a father's paternal or maternal aunt, or a father's maternal uncle (a father's kin)--and those in the same relation to a mother.] [Footnote 211: _sa-brahmachári_, one instructed together with him in his religious duties. This head applies only to the first three classes, those invested with the sacred cord.] [Footnote 212: as distinguished from the temporary _brahmachári_ or religious student, which all of the twice born classes should be, in youth.] [Footnote 213: who, having been separated, again holds his property in community with those from whom he had separated. Such reunion is permitted only with the father, the brothers, and the paternal uncle. (_M._)] [Footnote 214: This participle has a masculine termination; and the ellipsis is supplied from the Commentator.]