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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.12

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.12)

tasminn aṇḍe sa bhagavān uṣitvā parivatsaram  
svayam evātmano dhyānāt tad aṇḍam akarod dvidhā //

> The divine one resided in that egg during a whole year, then he himself by his thought (alone) divided it into two halves;  
> — 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.1.12) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.12) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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