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# Manava Dharmashastra 9.183

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.183

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.183)

sarvāsām ekapatnīnām ekā cet putriṇī bhavet  
sarvās tās tena putreṇa prāha putravatīr manuḥ //

> If among all the wives of one husband one have a son, Manu declares them all (to be) mothers of male children through that son.  
> — 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.9.183) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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