Manusmriti 12.48
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 12.48
- Language
- Sanskrit
12.48
tāpasā yatayo viprā ye ca vaimānikā gaṇāḥ
nakṣatrāṇi ca daityāś ca prathamā sāttvikī gatiḥ //
Hermits, ascetics, Brahmanas, the crowds of the Vaimanika deities, the lunar mansions, and the Daityas (form) the first (and lowest rank of the) existences caused by Goodness.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (7)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manuṭīkā — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — R. S. Sharma, English