[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) › 12.103 # Manava Dharmashastra 12.103 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 12.103 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.12.103) ajñebhyo granthinaḥ śreṣṭhā granthibhyo dhāriṇo varāḥ dhāribhyo jñāninaḥ śreṣṭhā jñānibhyo vyavasāyinaḥ // > (Even forgetful) students of the (sacred) books are more distinguished than the ignorant, those who remember them surpass the (forgetful) students, those who possess a knowledge (of the meaning) are more distinguished than those who (only) remember (the words), men who follow (the teaching of the texts) surpass those who (merely) know (their meaning). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 12.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.12.102) - [Next: 12.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.12.104) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.12) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.12.103) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Alaṅkāramaṇihāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.yasobhusana.alankaramanihara.3.1.1415_22) — Śrīkṛṣṇa, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedānukramaṇī (Mādhava)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.anukramani.madhava.75.22) — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.12.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.12.103) · Pramāṇa