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# Manava Dharmashastra 9.105

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.105

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.105)

jyeṣṭha eva tu gṛhṇīyāt pitryaṃ dhanam aśeṣataḥ  
śeṣās tam upajīveyur yathaiva pitaraṃ tathā //

> (Or) the eldest alone may take the whole paternal estate, the others shall live under him just as (they lived) under their father.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.9.105) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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