[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) › 3.12 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.12 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.12) savarṇāgre dvijātīnāṃ praśastā dārakarmaṇi kāmatas tu pravṛttānām imāḥ syuḥ kramaśo 'varāḥ // > For the first marriage of twice-born men (wives) of equal caste are recommended; but for those who through desire proceed (to marry again) the following females, (chosen) according to the (direct) order (of the castes), are most approved. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.11) - [Next: 3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.13) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.12) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.12) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (4) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.2.p339) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.31.p93) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.3.p7) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.2.p7.1) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.12) · Pramāṇa