[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) › 1.79 # Manava Dharmashastra 1.79 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.79 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.79) yad prāg dvādaśasāhasram uditaṃ daivikaṃ yugam tad ekasaptatiguṇaṃ manvantaram ihocyate // > The before-mentioned age of the gods, (or) twelve thousand (of their years), being multiplied by seventy-one, (constitutes what) is here named the period of a Manu (Manvantara). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.78) - [Next: 1.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.80) - [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.1.79) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.79) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.1.1.15) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.79) · Pramāṇa