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# Manava Dharmashastra 9.115

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.115

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.115)

uddhāro na daśasv asti saṃpannānāṃ svakarmasu  
yat kiṃ cid eva deyaṃ tu jyāyase mānavardhanam //

> But among (brothers) equally skilled in their occupations, there is no additional share, (consisting of the best animal) among ten; some trifle only shall be given to the eldest as a token of respect.  
> — 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.9.115) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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