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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.190

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.190

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.190)

brāhmaṇasyaiva karmaitad upadiṣṭaṃ manīṣibhiḥ  
rājanyavaiśyayos tv evaṃ naitat karma vidhīyate //

> This duty is prescribed by the wise for a Brahmana only; but no such duty is ordained for a Kshatriya and a Vaisya.  
> — 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.2.190) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.190) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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