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# Manava Dharmashastra 9.200

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.200

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.200)

patyau jīvati yaḥ strībhir alaṅkāro dhṛto bhavet  
na taṃ bhajeran dāyādā bhajamānāḥ patanti te //

> The ornaments which may have been worn by women during their husbands' lifetime, his heirs shall not divide; those who divide them become outcasts.  
> — 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.9.200) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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