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# Manava Dharmashastra 9.211

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.211

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.211](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.211)

yeṣāṃ jyeṣṭhaḥ kaniṣṭho vā hīyetāṃśapradānataḥ  
mriyetānyataro vāpi tasya bhāgo na lupyate //

> If the eldest or the youngest (brother) is deprived of his share, or if either of them dies, his share is not lost (to his immediate heirs).  
> — 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.9.211) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Linked texts (3)

- [Bṛhaspatismṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.brhaspati.1.26.115) — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit
- [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.52.p84) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit
- [Madanaratna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaratna.6.p1) — Madanasiṃha, Sanskrit

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