[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) › 1.5 # Manava Dharmashastra 1.5 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.5) āsīd idaṃ tamobhūtam aprajñātam alakṣaṇam apratarkyam avijñeyaṃ prasuptam iva sarvataḥ // > This (universe) existed in the shape of Darkness, unperceived, destitute of distinctive marks, unattainable by reasoning, unknowable, wholly immersed, as it were, in deep sleep. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.4) - [Next: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.6) - [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.1.5) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.5.1) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.1.1.2) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.5) · Pramāṇa