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# Manava Dharmashastra 9.175

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.175

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.175)

yā patyā vā parityaktā vidhavā vā svayecchayā  
utpādayet punar bhūtvā sa paunarbhava ucyate //

> If a woman abandoned by her husband, or a widow, of her own accord contracts a second marriage and bears (a son), he is called the son of a re-married woman (Paunarbhava).  
> — 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.9.175) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.12.375.9_4077) — Sanskrit

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