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# Manava Dharmashastra 12.96

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 12.96

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [12.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.12.96)

utpadyante yāny ato 'nyāni kāni cit  
tāny arvākkālikatayā niṣphalāny anṛtāni ca //

> All those (doctrines), differing from the (Veda), which spring up and (soon) perish, are worthless and false, because they are of modern date.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.12.96) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.17.37.9) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

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