[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) › 9.154 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.154 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.154 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.154) yady api syāt tu satputro 'py 'pi vā bhavet nādhikaṃ daśamād dadyāc chūdrāputrāya dharmataḥ // > Whether (a Brahmana) have sons or have no sons (by wives of the twice-born castes), the (heir) must, according to the law, give to the son of a Sudra (wife) no more than a tenth (part of his estate). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.153) - [Next: 9.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.155) - [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.9.154) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Dāyabhāga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.dayabhaga.7.26.p1) — Jīmūtavāhana, Sanskrit - [Vivādacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.vivadacintamani.2.p201) — Vācaspatimiśra (Maithila smārta), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.154) · Pramāṇa