[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) › 9.172 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.172 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.172 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.172) pitṛveśmani kanyā tu yaṃ putraṃ janayed rahaḥ taṃ kānīnaṃ vaden nāmnā voḍhuḥ kanyāsamudbhavam // > A son whom a damsel secretly bears in the house of her father, one shall name the son of an unmarried damsel (Kanina, and declare) such offspring of an unmarried girl (to belong) to him who weds her (afterwards). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.171) - [Next: 9.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.173) - [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.9.172) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.12.375.9_4074) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.172) · Pramāṇa