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Manava Dharmashastra 3.152

Manubhāṣya 3.152

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Sanskrit

3.152

hastyādīnāṃ vinetā damakaḥ gatiśikṣayitā | nakṣatraiśca jīvati | nakṣatraśabdena jyotiḥśāstraṃ lakṣyate, tena jīvati jyotiṣikaḥ | pakṣiṇāṃ śyenādīnāṃ ākheṭārthaṃ poṣayitā | yuddhācāryo dhanurvedopadeśakaḥ |

The tamer of elephants, bulls, horses or camels, one who subsists on stars, bird-keeper and the teacher of warfare.—(162)

Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘One who trains elephants,’ etc., is called their ‘tamer,’ he who trains them in various gaits.

Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

‘One who subsists on stars,’—the term ‘stars’ stands for the science of Astrology; and he who lives by that is the astrologer.

Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

The keeper of birds,—he who keeps them for the purposes of chase.

Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

‘Teacher of warfare’—one who teaches the science of archery.—(162)

Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

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