[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) › 2.216 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.216 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.216 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.216](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.216) kāmaṃ tu gurupatnīnāṃ yuvatīnāṃ yuvā bhuvi vidhivad vandanaṃ kuryād asāv aham iti bruvan // > But at his pleasure a young student may prostrate himself on the ground before the young wife of a teacher, in accordance with the rule, and say, 'I, N. N., (worship thee, O lady).' > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.215](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.215) - [Next: 2.217](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.217) - [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.2.216) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.216) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.2.205.215) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.216](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.216) · Pramāṇa