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# Manava Dharmashastra 9.184

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.184

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.184)

śreyasaḥ śreyaso 'lābhe pāpīyān riktham arhati  
bahavaś cet tu sadṛśāḥ sarve rikthasya bhāginaḥ //

> On failure of each better (son), each next inferior (one) is worthy of the inheritance; but if there be many (of) equal (rank), they shall all share the estate.  
> — 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.9.184) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (7)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthamuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!kulluka) — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!raghavananda) — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit
- [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Vyavahāraprakāśa (Mitramiśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vyavaharaprakasa.8.p965) — Mitramiśra 1753, Sanskrit
- [Vyavahārabālambhaṭṭī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vyavaharabalambhatti.6.161.1) — Bālambhaṭṭa Pāyaguṇḍ, Sanskrit

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