Manusmriti 10.23
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 10.23
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.23
vaiśyāt tu jāyate vrātyāt sudhanvācārya eva ca
kāruṣaś ca vijanmā ca maitraḥ sātvata eva ca //
From a Vratya (of the) Vaisya (caste) are born a Sudhanvan, an Akarya, a Karusha, a Viganman, a Maitra, and a Satvata.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (6)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Nārāyaṇa — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Śūdrakamalākara — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
Discussed in (4)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- A History of Indian Philosophy — Dasgupta 1922, English
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — Sharma 1958, English
- The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology — Sarkar 1914, English