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# Manava Dharmashastra 9.141

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.141

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.141)

upapanno guṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ putro yasya tu dattrimaḥ  
sa haretaiva tadrikthaṃ saṃprāpto 'py anyagotrataḥ //

> Of the man who has an adopted (Datrima) son possessing all good qualities, that same (son) shall take the inheritance, though brought from another family.  
> — 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.9.141) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Linked texts (2)

- [Vyavahāraprakāśa (Mitramiśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vyavaharaprakasa.8.p958) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit
- [Madanaratna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaratna.4.p25) — Madanasiṃha, Sanskrit

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