Whether property is stridhan, or a woman’s estate, depends on the source from which it has been obtained.
[1] Properties acquired from the following sources by a Hindu female constitute sridhan.
According to Manusmriti, after the death of an issueless woman, her relatives are entitled to get her stridhan.
If the marriage has been performed in the form of Brahma, Daiva, Gandharba or Prajapatya, the husband of the deceased issueless woman is entitled to get the stridhan, however, in case of Asura, Rakhyasa and Paisacha form of marriage, the stridhan of an issueless, deceased woman is taken by her father or mother.
30 of 1956) resulted in many changes being made to both the Mitākṣarā and the Dāyabhāga systems regarding succession and partition.