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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.75

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.75

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.75)

manaḥ sṛṣṭiṃ vikurute codyamānaṃ sisṛkṣayā  
ākāśaṃ jāyate tasmāt tasya śabdaṃ guṇaṃ viduḥ //

> Mind, impelled by (Brahman's) desire to create, performs the work of creation by modifying itself, thence ether is produced; they declare that sound is the quality of the latter.  
> — 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.1.75) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.75) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.3.23) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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