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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.134

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.134

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.134)

jñānaniṣṭhā dvijāḥ ke cit taponiṣṭhās tathāpare  
tapaḥsvādhyāyaniṣṭhāś ca karmaniṣṭhās tathāpare //

> Some Brahmanas are devoted to (the pursuit of) knowledge, and others to (the performance of) austerities; some to austerities and to the recitation of the Veda, and others to (the performance of) sacred rites.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.134) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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