[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 1.17 # Manava Dharmashastra 1.17 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.17) yan mūrtyavayavāḥ sūkṣmās tānīmāny āśrayanti ṣaṭ tasmāc charīram ity āhus tasya mūrtiṃ manīṣiṇaḥ // > Because those six (kinds of) minute particles, which form the (creator's) frame, enter (a-sri) these (creatures), therefore the wise call his frame sarira, (the body.) > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.16) - [Next: 1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.18) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.1.17) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.17) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.17) · Pramāṇa