[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) › 2.14 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.14 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.14) śrutidvaidhaṃ tu yatra syāt tatra dharmāv ubhau smṛtau ubhāv api hi tau dharmau samyag uktau manīṣibhiḥ // > But when two sacred texts (Sruti) are conflicting, both are held to be law; for both are pronounced by the wise (to be) valid law. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.13) - [Next: 2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.15) - [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.2.14) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.14) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.1.p161) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.22.p2) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.14) · Pramāṇa