[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) › 2.33 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.33 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.33 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.33) strīṇāṃ sukhodyam akrūraṃ vispaṣṭārthaṃ manoharam maṅgalyaṃ dīrghavarṇāntam āśīrvādābhidhānavat // > The names of women should be easy to pronounce, not imply anything dreadful, possess a plain meaning, be pleasing and auspicious, end in long vowels, and contain a word of benediction. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.32) - [Next: 2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.34) - [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.2.33) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.33) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.1.p331) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.27.p13) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.33) · Pramāṇa