[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) › 2.10 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.10 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.10) śrutis tu vedo vijñeyo dharmaśāstraṃ tu vai smṛtiḥ te sarvārtheṣv amīmāṃsye tābhyāṃ dharmo hi nirbabhau // > But by Sruti (revelation) is meant the Veda, and by Smriti (tradition) the Institutes of the sacred law: those two must not be called into question in any matter, since from those two the sacred law shone forth. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.9) - [Next: 2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.11) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.2.10) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.10.1) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.1.1.25) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.1.43) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit - [Ācārasāra (Gadādhara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarasara-gadadhara.1.p19) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.10) · Pramāṇa