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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.89

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.89

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.89)

prajānāṃ rakṣaṇaṃ dānam ijyādhyayanam eva ca  
viṣayeṣv aprasaktiś ca kṣatriyasya //

> The Kshatriya he commanded to protect the people, to bestow gifts, to offer sacrifices, to study (the Veda), and to abstain from attaching himself to sensual pleasures;  
> — 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.1.89) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.89) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Vallālacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.13.11) — Ānandabhaṭṭa 1510, Sanskrit

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