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# Manava Dharmashastra 9.164

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.164

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.164)

ṣaṣṭhaṃ tu kṣetrajasyāṃśaṃ pradadyāt paitṛkād dhanāt  
auraso vibhajan dāyaṃ pitryaṃ pañcamam eva vā //

> But when the legitimate son of the body divides the paternal estate, he shall give one-sixth or one-fifth part of his father's property to the son begotten on the wife.  
> — 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.9.164) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Linked texts (2)

- [Vivādaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadaratnakara.29.p12) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara.24.p42) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit

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