What Is Included in Stridhan?

As per Hindu law

Hindu law
The concept of Dharma includes Hindu law. In ancient texts of Hinduism, the concept of dharma incorporates the principles of law, order, harmony, and truth. It is explained as the necessary law of life and equated to satya (Sanskrit: सत्यं, truth), in hymn 1.4.
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, stridhan is whatever a women receives during her lifetime including all movable, immovable property, gifts etc received prior to marriage, at the time of marriage and during child birth.

What is not included in Stridhan?

Property obtained by a woman by adverse possession during maidenhood, subsistence of marriage and during widowhood is Streedhan. ... Gifts made to the husband during and after marriage are not Streedhan. In case of a dispute over who were the gifts made to, more often than not woman is given a priority over the husband.

What is the concept of Stridhan?

Stridhana is a term associated with property in Hindu Law. Whether property is stridhan, or a woman's estate, depends on the source from which it has been obtained. A woman has inalienable rights over stridhan, and she can claim the same even after her separation from her husband.

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