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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.13

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.13)

tābhyāṃ sa śakalābhyāṃ ca divaṃ bhūmiṃ ca nirmame  
madhye vyoma diśaś cāṣṭāv apāṃ sthānaṃ ca śāśvataṃ //

> And out of those two halves he formed heaven and earth, between them the middle sphere, the eight points of the horizon, and the eternal abode of the waters.  
> — 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.1.13) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.13) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.1.1.3) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

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