Manava Dharmashastra 10.120
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 10.120
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- Sanskrit
10.120
dhānye 'ṣṭamaṃ viśāṃ śulkaṃ viṃśaṃ kārṣāpaṇāvaram
karmopakaraṇāḥ śūdrāḥ kāravaḥ śilpinas tathā //
(Viz.) from Vaisyas one-eighth as the tax on grain, one-twentieth (on the profits on gold and cattle), which amount at least to one Karshapana; Sudras, artisans, and mechanics (shall) benefit (the king) by (doing) work (for him).
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (7)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Nārāyaṇa — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthavivṛti — Nārāyaṇasarvajña, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
Discussed in (3)
- Social and Rural Economy of Northern India, cir. 600 B.C.–200 A.D. — Bose 1942, English
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — Sharma 1958, English
- The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time — Fick & Maitra 1897, English