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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.14

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.14)

udbabarhātmanaś caiva manaḥ sadasadātmakam  
manasaś cāpy ahaṃkāram abhimantāram īśvaram //

> From himself (atmanah) he also drew forth the mind, which is both real and unreal, likewise from the mind egoism, which possesses the function of self-consciousness (and is) lordly;  
> — 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.1.14) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.14) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.1.1.4) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

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