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# Manava Dharmashastra 9.130

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.130

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.130)

yathaivātmā tathā putraḥ putreṇa duhitā samā  
tasyām ātmani tiṣṭhantyāṃ katham anyo dhanaṃ haret //

> A son is even (as) oneself, (such) a daughter is equal to a son; how can another (heir) take the estate, while such (an appointed daughter who is even) oneself, lives?  
> — 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.9.130) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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