[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) › 18.39 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 18.39 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 18.39 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [18.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.18.39) atha śūdrāputrāv ubhau syātām eko brāhmaṇīputraḥ, tadā ṣaḍdhā vibhaktasyārthasya caturo 'ṃśān brāhmaṇas tv ādadyāt, dvāv aṃśau śūdrāputrau || > If there are two sons by a Sûdra, and one son by a Brâhmana wife, the estate shall be divided into six parts; and of these, the son of the Brâhmana wife shall take four parts, and the two sons of the Sûdra wife together shall take two parts. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 18.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.18.38) - [Next: 18.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.18.40) - [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.18.39) — Julius Jolly 1880, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.18.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.18.39) · Pramāṇa