Manava Dharmashastra 2.37
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.37
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.37
brahmavarcasakāmasya kāryo viprasya pañcame
rājño balārthinaḥ ṣaṣṭhe vaiśyasyehārthino 'ṣṭame //
(The initiation) of a Brahmana who desires proficiency in sacred learning should take place in the fifth (year after conception), (that) of a Kshatriya who wishes to become powerful in the sixth, (and that) of a Vaisya who longs for (success in his) business in the eighth.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (1)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit