[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) › 2.32 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.32 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.32) śarmavad brāhmaṇasya syād rakṣāsamanvitam vaiśyasya puṣṭisaṃyuktaṃ śūdrasya preṣyasaṃyutam // > (The second part of) a Brahmana's (name) shall be (a word) implying happiness, of a Kshatriya's (a word) implying protection, of a Vaisya's (a term) expressive of thriving, and of a Sudra's (an expression) denoting service. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.31) - [Next: 2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.33) - [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.2.32) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.32) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.27.p9) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.33.3) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.32) · Pramāṇa