[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) › 9.117 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.117 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.117 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.117) ekādhikaṃ harej jyeṣṭhaḥ putro 'dhyardhaṃ tato 'nujaḥ aṃśam aṃśaṃ yavīyāṃsa iti dharmo vyavasthitaḥ // > Let the eldest son take one share in excess, the (brother) born next after him one (share) and a half, the younger ones one share each; thus the law is settled. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.116) - [Next: 9.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.118) - [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.9.117) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (7) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit - [Manvarthamuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!kulluka) — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Manvarthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!raghavananda) — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit - [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit - [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit - [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.t1.14) — P. V. Kane, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.117) · Pramāṇa