[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) › 2.188 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.188 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.188 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.188) bhaikṣeṇa vartayen nityaṃ naikānnādī bhaved vratī bhaikṣeṇa vratino vṛttir upavāsasamā smṛtā // > He who performs the vow (of studentship) shall constantly subsist on alms, (but) not eat the food of one (person only); the subsistence of a student on begged food is declared to be equal (in merit) to fasting. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.187) - [Next: 2.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.189) - [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.2.188) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.188) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.12.60) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.28.p72) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.188) · Pramāṇa