[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) › 18.38 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 18.38 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 18.38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [18.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.18.38) yadi dvau brāhmaṇīputrau syātām ekaḥ śūdrāputraḥ, tadā navadhā vibhaktasyārthasya brāhmaṇīputrāv aṣṭau bhāgān ādadyātām ekaṃ śūdrāputraḥ || > If there are two sons by a Brâhmana and one by a Sûdra wife, the estate shall be divided into nine parts; and of these, the two sons of the Brâhmana wife shall take two parts, the one son of the Sûdra wife, a single part. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 18.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.18.37) - [Next: 18.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.18.39) - [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.18.38) — Julius Jolly 1880, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.18.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.18.38) · Pramāṇa