[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) › [Vaishnava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) › 18.37 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 18.37 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 18.37 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [18.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.18.37) jyeṣṭhāya śreṣṭham uddhāraṃ dadyuḥ || > A best part (the twentieth part of the inheritance, &c.) shall be given to the eldest, as his additional share. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 18.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.18.36) - [Next: 18.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.18.38) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.18) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.18.37) — Julius Jolly 1880, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.18.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.18.37) · Pramāṇa