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Even if dead at the time of marriage, still if the father had, while living, cherished such a wish, that would convert the girl into a putrikadharmini. The repugnance to wedding girls without father and brothers exists to this day. For understanding the meanings of Sapinda and Sagotra see any work on Hindu law civil or canonical. These verses are exceedingly terse.
The mere wish of the girl's father, unexpressed at the time of marriage, would convert the son into a son not of the father who begets him but of the father of the girl herself. A daughter reserved for such a purpose is said to be a putrikadharmini or 'invested with the character of a son. To wed such a girl was not honourable. It was in effect an abandonment of the fruits of marriage.
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