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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.97

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.97

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.97)

brāhmaṇeṣu ca vidvāṃso vidvatsu kṛtabuddhayaḥ  
kṛtabuddhiṣu kartāraḥ kartṛṣu brahmavedinaḥ //

> Of Brahmanas, those learned (in the Veda); of the learned, those who recognise (the necessity and the manner of performing the prescribed duties); of those who possess this knowledge, those who perform them; of the performers, those who know the Brahman.  
> — 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.1.97) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.97) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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