anvādheya

 Anvādheya is a Dharmaśāstra term meaning a type of strīdhana—property a woman receives after marriage from her husband’s family or her own relatives.

✅ What anvādheya means

According to classical Dharmaśāstra sources, anvādheya (अन्वाधेय) is a category of a married woman’s property, defined as:

• Property received after marriage (vivāhāt parataḥ)
• From the husband’s family (bhartṛkulāt)
• Or from her own relatives (bandhukulāt, interpreted as maternal/paternal relatives)

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This is explicitly described in the definitions collected in Wisdom Library’s entry on anvādheya

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✅ Scriptural definitions

The term appears in several Dharmaśāstra texts:

• Kātyāyana:
  “vivāhāt parato yac ca labdhaṃ bhartṛkulāt striyā | anvādheyaṃ tu tad dravyaṃ labdhaṃ pitṛkulāt tathā” — property received after marriage from the husband’s family or the woman’s own family

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• Manusmṛti 9.195 (with commentaries): lists anvādheya as one of the forms of strīdhana

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• Bhṛgu: defines it as anything received with pleasure after marriage from husband, parents, or their relatives

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✅ Etymology

• anu- = “after”
• ādheya = “that which is placed, given, or received”
  Thus, anvādheya literally means “that which is received afterwards (i.e., after marriage)”

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✅ Context: Not a grammatical term

Although the search results also contain extensive material on anvaya (the grammatical process of arranging words in natural order), anvādheya is not related to Sanskrit grammar.
It belongs to legal terminology in Hindu jurisprudence, specifically the classification of women’s property (strīdhana).

✅ Summary

• Field: Dharmaśāstra / Hindu law
• Meaning: Post‑marital gifts to a woman from husband’s family or her own relatives
• Category: A type of strīdhana
• Sources: Kātyāyana, Manusmṛti, Dāyabhāga, Mitākṣarā

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