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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.111

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.111

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.111)

adharmeṇa ca yaḥ prāha yaś cādharmeṇa pṛcchati  
tayor anyataraḥ praiti vidveṣaṃ vādhigacchati //

> Of the two persons, him who illegally explains (anything), and him who illegally asks (a question), one (or both) will die or incur (the other's) enmity.  
> — 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.2.111) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (7)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.111) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthamuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!kulluka.3.110) — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!raghavananda.11.111) — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit
- [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (4)

- [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.29.7) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit
- [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.7.1.146) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit
- [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.219) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit
- [Daśaśāntayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.svadhyaya.dasasantayah.8.67) — Sanskrit

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