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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.18

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.18)

tad āviśanti bhūtāni mahānti saha karmabhiḥ  
manaś cāvayavaiḥ sūkṣmaiḥ sarvabhūtakṛd avyayam //

> That the great elements enter, together with their functions and the mind, through its minute parts the framer of all beings, the imperishable one.  
> — 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.1.18) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.18) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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