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# Manava Dharmashastra 9.27

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.27

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.27)

utpādanam apatyasya jātasya paripālanam  
pratyahaṃ lokayātrāyāḥ strī nibandhanam //

> The production of children, the nurture of those born, and the daily life of men, (of these matters) woman is visibly the cause.  
> — 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.9.27) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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