[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) › 1.8 # Manava Dharmashastra 1.8 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.8) so 'bhidhyāya śarīrāt svāt sisṛkṣur vividhāḥ prajāḥ apa eva sasarjādau tāsu vīryam avāsṛjat // > He, desiring to produce beings of many kinds from his own body, first with a thought created the waters, and placed his seed in them. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.7) - [Next: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.9) - [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.1.8) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.8) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.8) · Pramāṇa