[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) › 9.158 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.158 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.158 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.158) putrān dvādaśa yān āha nṝṇāṃ svāyaṃbhuvo manuḥ teṣāṃ ṣaḍ bandhudāyādāḥ ṣaḍ adāyādabāndhavāḥ // > Among the twelve sons of men whom Manu, sprung from the Self-existent (Svayambhu), enumerates, six are kinsmen and heirs, and six not heirs, (but) kinsmen. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.157) - [Next: 9.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.159) - [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.9.158) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Vivādacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.vivadacintamani.2.p208) — Vācaspatimiśra (Maithila smārta), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.158) · Pramāṇa