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INDEX.

A. Page Absence in a distant country • 116. 146, 183 Aehara Canda, on religious ceremonies pref. xi Acquisition, separate • • • • 1^^ Act of God, or of the King 279. 281. 294 Acts valid, though prohibited 23. 261 Adoption, motives to 61. 69. 76. 79. 82. 149. 161 not compulsory, on part of the adopter 64 not claimable, on part of the adopted 71 its essentials, 62. 84 right of 65 successive, and contemporaneous •66 by a wife ' ^^ by a widow ^^ by a mother •••• • ^ by a woman in her own right • • 68 by Sudras 67. 72. 79 by one incapable of inheriting •. ^ On the part of the natural parent: motive to ^^ right of giving • "^ relation, and qualities of the adopted 70, 71, 72 of an eldest, or only son • • * '73 of a married one '9 initiatory ceremonies • "^ * Dwyamushyayana^ or son to both fathers • • 74. 87, 88 Nitya and Anitya, special adoptions • -^ 88 for life only 88 intended only • • - 83