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Mitakshara: Benaras Law School
Mitakshara: Benaras Law School
These law schools come under the ambit of Mitakshara law school. They
enjoy the same fundamental principle but differ in certain circumstances.
Dayabhaga school
Dayabhaga school predominantly prevailed in Assam and West Bengal. This
is also one of the most important schools of hindu laws. It is considered to be
a digest for the leading smritis. Its primary focus was to deal with partition,
inheritance and joint family. According to Kane, it was incorporated in
between 1090-1130 A.D.
Dayabhaga school was formulated with a view to eradicating all the other
absurd and artificial principles of inheritance. The immediate benefit of this
new digest is that it tends to remove all the shortcomings and limitations of
the previously established principles and inclusion of many cognates in the
list of heirs, which was restricted by the Mitakshara school.
Dayatatya
Dayakram-sangrah
Virmitrodaya
Dattaka chandrika