Manusmriti 12.113
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 12.113
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- Sanskrit
12.113
eko 'pi vedavid dharmaṃ yaṃ vyavasyed dvijottamaḥ
sa vijñeyaḥ paro dharmo nājñānām udito 'yutaiḥ //
Even that which one Brahmana versed in the Veda declares to be law, must be considered (to have) supreme legal (force, but) not that which is proclaimed by myriads of ignorant men.
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 (3)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) — Mookerji 1947, English
- Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals — Keay 1918, English