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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.102

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.102

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.102)

tasya karmavivekārthaṃ śeṣāṇām anupūrvaśaḥ  
svāyaṃbhuvo manur dhīmān idaṃ śāstram akalpayat //

> In order to clearly settle his duties those of the other (castes) according to their order, wise Manu sprung from the Self-existent, composed these Institutes (of the sacred Law).  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.1.102) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.102) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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