[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) › 9.142 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.142 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.142 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.142) gotrarikthe janayitur na hared dattrimaḥ kva cit gotrarikthānugaḥ piṇḍo vyapaiti dadataḥ svadhā // > An adopted son shall never take the family (name) and the estate of his natural father; the funeral cake follows the family (name) and the estate, the funeral offerings of him who gives (his son in adoption) cease (as far as that son is concerned). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.141) - [Next: 9.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.143) - [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.9.142) — Georg Bühler 1886, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.142) · Pramāṇa