[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 9.114 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.114 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.114 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.114) sarveṣāṃ dhanajātānām ādadītāgryam agrajaḥ yac ca sātiśayaṃ kiṃ cid daśataś cāpnuyād varam // > Among the goods of every kind the eldest shall take the best (article), and (even a single chattel) which is particularly good, as well as the best of ten (animals). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.113) - [Next: 9.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.115) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.9.114) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara.20.p2) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.114) · Pramāṇa