[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) › 1.32 # Manava Dharmashastra 1.32 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.32) dvidhā kṛtvātmano deham ardhena puruṣo 'bhavat ardhena nārī tasyāṃ sa virājam asṛjat prabhuḥ // > Dividing his own body, the Lord became half male and half female; with that (female) he produced Virag. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.31) - [Next: 1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.33) - [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.1.32) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.32) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (4) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.17.16) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.1.52) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.8.6) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vallālacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.9.6) — Ānandabhaṭṭa 1510, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.32) · Pramāṇa