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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.136

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.136

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.136)

vittaṃ bandhur vayaḥ karma vidyā bhavati pañcamī  
etāni sthānāni garīyo yad yad uttaram //

> Wealth, kindred, age, (the due performance of) rites, and, fifthly, sacred learning are titles to respect; but each later-named (cause) is more weighty (than the preceding ones).  
> — 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.2.136) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.136.1) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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