[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) › 2.238 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.238 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.238 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.238) śraddadhānaḥ śubhāṃ vidyām ādadītāvarād api anyād api paraṃ dharmaṃ strīratnaṃ duṣkulād api // > He who possesses faith may receive pure learning even from a man of lower caste, the highest law even from the lowest, and an excellent wife even from a base family. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.237](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.237) - [Next: 2.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.239) - [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.2.238) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.238) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.2.205.237) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.238) · Pramāṇa