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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.199

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.199

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.199)

nodāhared asya nāma parokṣam api kevalam  
na caivāsyānukurvīta gatibhāṣitaceṣṭitam //

> Let him not pronounce the mere name of his teacher (without adding an honorific title) behind his back even, and let him not mimic his gait, speech, and deportment.  
> — 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.2.199) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.199) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.14.5) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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