Manava Dharmashastra 2.12
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.12
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.12
vedaḥ smṛtiḥ sadācāraḥ svasya ca priyam ātmanaḥ
etac caturvidhaṃ prāhuḥ sākṣād dharmasya lakṣaṇam //
The Veda, the sacred tradition, the customs of virtuous men, and one's own pleasure, they declare to be visibly the fourfold means of defining the sacred law.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (1)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Ṭoḍarānanda — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit