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# Manava Dharmashastra 9.111

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.111

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.111)

evaṃ saha vaseyur vā pṛthag vā dharmakāmyayā  
pṛthag vivardhate dharmas tasmād dharmyā pṛthakkriyā //

> Either let them thus live together, or apart, if (each) desires (to gain) spiritual merit; for (by their living) separate (their) merit increases, hence separation is meritorious.  
> — 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.9.111) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Linked texts (6)

- [Vivādaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadaratnakara.20.p21) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara.19.p19) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit
- [Madanaratna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaratna.4.p6) — Madanasiṃha, Sanskrit
- [Dāyabhāga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.dayabhaga.1.111-2) — Jīmūtavāhana, Sanskrit
- [Vivādacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.vivadacintamani.2.p180) — Vācaspatimiśra (Maithila smārta), Sanskrit
- [Vyavahāramālā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vyavaharamala.29.p3.1) — Varadarāja (grammarian) 1700, Sanskrit

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