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# Manava Dharmashastra 9.145

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.145

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.145)

haret tatra niyuktāyāṃ jātaḥ putro yathāurasaḥ  
kṣetrikasya tu tad bījaṃ dharmataḥ prasavaś ca saḥ //

> A son (legally) begotten on such an appointed female shall inherit like a legitimate son of the body; for that seed and the produce belong, according to the law, to the owner of the soil.  
> — 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.9.145) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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