[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) › 2.12 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.12 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.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. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.11) - [Next: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.13) - [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.2.12) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.12) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.1.45) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.12) · Pramāṇa