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# Manava Dharmashastra 9.151

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.151

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.151)

tryaṃśaṃ dāyād dhared vipro dvāv aṃśau kṣatriyāsutaḥ  
vaiśyājaḥ sārdham evāṃśam aṃśaṃ śūdrāsuto haret //

> Let the son of the Brahmana (wife) take three shares of the (remainder of the) estate, the son of the Kshatriya two, the son of the Vaisya a share and a half, and the son of the Sudra may take one share.  
> — 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.9.151) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Linked texts (3)

- [Vivādaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadaratnakara.27.p13) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara.24.p1) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit
- [Dāyabhāga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.dayabhaga.7.12) — Jīmūtavāhana, Sanskrit

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