Manava Dharmashastra 1.39
Manubhāṣya 1.39
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- Sanskrit
1.39
aśvamukhāḥ prāṇino himavadādiparvateṣu bhavanti te kinnarāḥ | vānarā markaṭamukhā puruṣavigrahāḥ | vihaṅgamāḥ pakṣiṇaḥ | ajāvikoṣṭragardabhādayaḥ paśavaḥ | mṛgā rurupṛṣatādayaḥ | vyālāḥ siṃhavyāghrādayaḥ | dve dantapaṃktī uttarādhare yeṣāṃ bhavataste ubhayatodataḥ |
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Kinnaras’ are horse-faced beings living in the Himalaya and other mountains.—‘Apes’ are animals with the face of the monkey and the body of the man.—‘Birds’ feathered animals.—‘Cattle’ goats, sheep, camels, asses and the rest,—‘Deer,’ the Ruru the Pṛṣat and the other species.—‘Wild beasts’—wicked animals, like the Tiger and the rest;—‘with two rows of teeth’ having two rows of teeth, one above and another below.—(39)
Translations (1)
- Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English
Linked texts (1)
- Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit