Manusmriti 10.70
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 10.70
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.70
bījam eke praśaṃsanti kṣetram anye manīṣiṇaḥ
bījakṣetre tathaivānye tatreyaṃ tu vyavasthitiḥ //
Some sages declare the seed to be more important, and others the field; again others (assert that) the seed and the field (are equally important); but the legal decision on this point is as follows:
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
Discussed in (2)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture — Meyer 1915, English