The 'Mitakshara', a commentary on the Yajnavalkya Smriti written by Vijnaneshwara, is related to the field of:

The "Mitakshara" is a famous legal commentary written by Vijnaneshwara on the "Yajnavalkya Smriti", and is especially important for its rules on inheritance and family property.

About the Mitakshara:

• It was written in the late 11th or early 12th century CE.
• Vijnaneshwara lived at the court of the Western Chalukya king Vikramaditya VI, at Kalyani (in present-day Karnataka).
• It is a commentary (vyakhya) on the Yajnavalkya Smriti, one of the most important Dharmashastra texts.
• It deals with civil law, criminal law, procedure, and especially family law and inheritance.

The Mitakshara school of Hindu law:

• According to the Mitakshara, a son acquires a right in the ancestral (joint family) property by birth.
• The male members of a joint Hindu family who have such a right are called "coparceners".
• The property passes by "survivorship" among the coparceners.
• It was followed in most parts of India, except Bengal and Assam.

The Dayabhaga school:

• The "Dayabhaga" of Jimutavahana (12th century) was followed in Bengal and Assam.
• According to the Dayabhaga, a son gets a right to the family property only after the father's death.

Modern law:

• The Hindu Succession Act, 1956, codified the law of inheritance, but the Mitakshara concept of coparcenary continued.
• The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, made daughters coparceners with the same rights as sons in Mitakshara joint family property.

In the case "Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma" (2020), the Supreme Court held that daughters have equal coparcenary rights by birth, whether the father was alive or not in 2005.

Other Dharmashastra commentaries:

"Kulluka Bhatta": a commentator on the Manusmriti.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Astronomy, medicine and architecture are not the subjects of the Mitakshara.