Baudhayana who belonged to the Krishna Yajurveda School and who composed the Baudhayana Dharma Sutra long prior to the Mitakshara refers to the twelve kinds of sons and divides them into two classes one being entitled to share the inheritance and the other to be members of the family only: Aurasang putrikaputrang kshetrajang dattkritrimau goodhhajang chapvidhang cha rikthabhajah prachakchate Kanin cha sahodhang cha kritang pounarbhavang tatha swayangdatang nikshadang cha Gotrabhajah prachakchte In regard to this they quote also (the following verses): They call the legitimate son, the son of an appointed daughter, the son begotten on a wife, the adopted son, the son made, the son born secretly, and the son cast off, entitled to share the inheritance.