[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) › 1.71 # Manava Dharmashastra 1.71 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.71 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.71) yad etat parisaṃkhyātam ādāv eva caturyugam etad dvādaśasāhasraṃ devānāṃ yugam ucyate // > These twelve thousand (years) which thus have been just mentioned as the total of four (human) ages, are called one age of the gods. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.70) - [Next: 1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.72) - [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.1.71) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.71) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.1.1.14) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.71) · Pramāṇa