[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) › 2.129 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.129 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.129 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.129) parapatnī tu yā strī syād asaṃbandhā ca yonitaḥ tāṃ brūyād bhavatīty evaṃ subhage bhaginīti ca // > But to a female who is the wife of another man, and not a blood-relation, he must say, 'Lady' (bhavati) or 'Beloved sister!' > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.128) - [Next: 2.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.130) - [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.2.129) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.129) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.28.p39) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Ācārabhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarabhusana.14.p1.18) — Tryambaka rāma oka 1794, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.129) · Pramāṇa