[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) › 2.157 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.157 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.157 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.157) yathā kāṣṭhamayo hastī yathā carmamayo mṛgaḥ yaś ca vipro 'nadhīyānas trayas te nāma bibhrati // > As an elephant made of wood, as an antelope made of leather, such is an unlearned Brahmana; those three have nothing but the names (of their kind). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.156) - [Next: 2.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.158) - [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.2.157) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (7) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.157) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manvarthamuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!kulluka.3.157) — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Manvarthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!raghavananda.11.157) — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit - [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit - [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit - [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.5094) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.157) · Pramāṇa