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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.69

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.69

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.69)

catvāry āhuḥ sahasrāṇi varsāṇāṃ tat kṛtaṃ yugam  
tasya tāvac chatī saṃdhyā saṃdhyāṃśaś ca tathāvidhaḥ //

> They declare that the Krita age (consists of) four thousand years (of the gods); the twilight preceding it consists of as many hundreds, and the twilight following it of the same number.  
> — 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.1.69) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.69) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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