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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.16

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.16)

teṣāṃ tv avayavān sūkṣmān ṣaṇṇām apy amitaujasām  
saṃniveśyātmamātrāsu sarvabhūtāni nirmame //

> But, joining minute particles even of those six, which possess measureless power, with particles of himself, he created all beings.  
> — 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.1.16) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.16) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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