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# Manava Dharmashastra 9.203

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.203

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.203](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.203)

yady arthitā tu dāraiḥ syāt klībādīnāṃ kathaṃ cana  
teṣām utpannatantūnām apatyaṃ dāyam arhati //

> If the eunuch and the rest should somehow or other desire to (take) wives, the offspring of such among them as have children is worthy of a share.  
> — 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.9.203) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Vyavahāraprakāśa (Mitramiśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vyavaharaprakasa.10.p45) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit

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