[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) › 9.196 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.196 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.196 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.196) brāhmadaivārṣagāndharvaprājāpatyeṣu yad vasu aprajāyām atītāyāṃ bhartur eva tad iṣyate // > It is ordained that the property (of a woman married) according to the Brahma, the Daiva, the Arsha, the Gandharva, or the Pragapatya rite (shall belong) to her husband alone, if she dies without issue. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.195) - [Next: 9.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.197) - [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.9.196) — Georg Bühler 1886, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.196) · Pramāṇa