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9.151. Let the son of the Brahmana (wife) take three shares of the (remainder of the) estate, the son of the
Kshatriya two, the son of the Vaisya a share and a half, and the son of the Sudra may take one share.
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9.152. Or let him who knows the law make ten shares of the whole estate, and justly distribute them according
to the following rule:
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9.153. The Brahmana (son) shall take four shares, son of the Kshatriya (wife) three, the son of the Vaisya shall
have two parts, the son of the Sudra may take one share.
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9.154. Whether (a Brahmana) have sons or have no sons (by wives of the twice-born castes), the (heir) must,
according to the law, give to the son of a Sudra (wife) no more than a tenth (part of his estate).
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9.155. The son of a Brahmana, a Kshatriya, and a Vaisya by a Sudra (wife) receives no share of the inheritance;
whatever his father may give to him, that shall be his property.
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9.156. All the sons of twice-born men, born of wives of the same caste, shall equally divide the estate, after the
others have given to the eldest an additional share.
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9.157. For a Sudra is ordained a wife of his own caste only (and) no other; those born of her shall have equal
shares, even if there be a hundred sons.
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9.158. Among the twelve sons of men whom Manu, sprung from the Self-existent (Svayambhu), enumerates,
six are kinsmen and heirs, and six not heirs, (but) kinsmen.
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9.159. The legitimate son of the body, the son begotten on a wife, the son adopted, the son made, the son
secretly born, and the son cast off, (are) the six heirs and kinsmen.
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9.160. The son of an unmarried damsel, the son received with the wife, the son bought, the son begotten on a remarried
woman, the son self-given, and the son of a Sudra female, (are) the six (who are) not heirs, (but)
kinsmen.