[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) › 2.124 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.124 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.124 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.124) bhoḥśabdaṃ kīrtayed ante svasya nāmno 'bhivādane nāmnāṃ svarūpabhāvo hi bhobhāva ṛṣibhiḥ smṛtaḥ // > In saluting he should pronounce after his name the word bhoh; for the sages have declared that the nature of bhoh is the same as that of (all proper) names. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.123) - [Next: 2.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.125) - [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.2.124) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.124) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Nityācārapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapradipa.5.p185) — Narasiṃha Vājapeyin, Sanskrit - [Ācārasāra (Gadādhara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarasara-gadadhara.6.p7) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit - [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.1.31.p1.10) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.124) · Pramāṇa