Manava Dharmashastra 2.42
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.42
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.42
mauñjī trivṛt samā ślakṣṇā kāryā viprasya mekhalā
kṣatriyasya tu maurvī jyā vaiśyasya śaṇatāntavī //
The girdle of a Brahmana shall consist of a of a triple cord of Munga grass, smooth and soft; (that) of a Kshatriya, of a bowstring, made of Murva fibres; (that) of a Vaisya, of hempen threads.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (1)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
Linked texts (5)
- Kūrmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra (ed. W. Caland, Lahore 1925, with the commentary extracts) — Sanskrit
- Kṛtyakalpataru — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Bhagavantabhāskara — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit
- Madanapārijāta — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit