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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.197

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.197

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.197)

somapā nāma viprāṇāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ havirbhujaḥ  
vaiśyānām ājyapā nāma śūdrāṇāṃ tu sukālinaḥ //

> The Somapas those of the Brahmanas, the Havirbhugs those of the Kshatriyas, the Agyapas those of the Vaisyas, but the Sukalins those of the Sudras.  
> — 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.3.197) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.197) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.6.1.196) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

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