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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.230

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.230

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.230](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.230)

ta eva hi trayo lokās ta eva traya āśramāḥ  
ta eva hi trayo vedās ta evoktās trayo 'gnayaḥ //

> For they are declared to be the three worlds, they the three (principal) orders, they the three Vedas, and they the three sacred fires.  
> — 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.2.230) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.230) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.2.205.229) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

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