[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) › 9.174 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.174 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.174 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.174) krīṇīyād yas tv apatyārthaṃ mātāpitror yam antikāt sa krītakaḥ sutas tasya sadṛśo 'sadṛśo 'pi vā // > If a man buys a (boy), whether equal or unequal (in good qualities), from his father and mother for the sake of having a son, that (child) is called a (son) bought (Kritaka). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.173) - [Next: 9.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.175) - [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.9.174) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Linked texts (4) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.12.375.9_4076) — Sanskrit - [Vivādaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadaratnakara.31.p1) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara.28.p4) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit - [Dattakamīmāṃsā (Nandapaṇḍita)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.dattaka.dattakamimamsa.p37) — Nandapaṇḍita, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.174) · Pramāṇa