[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) › 2.214 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.214 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.214 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.214](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.214) avidvāṃsam alaṃ loke vidvāṃsam api vā punaḥ pramadā hy utpathaṃ netuṃ kāmakrodhavaśānugam // > For women are able to lead astray in (this) world not only a fool, but even a learned man, and (to make) him a slave of desire and anger. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.213](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.213) - [Next: 2.215](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.215) - [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.2.214) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.214) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.2.205.213) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.214](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.214) · Pramāṇa