[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) › 3.9 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.9 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.9) na rkṣavṛkṣanadīnāmnīṃ nāntyaparvatanāmikām na pakṣyahipreṣyanāmnīṃ na ca bhīṣananāmikām // > Nor one named after a constellation, a tree, or a river, nor one bearing the name of a low caste, or of a mountain, nor one named after a bird, a snake, or a slave, nor one whose name inspires terror. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.8) - [Next: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.10) - [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.3.9) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.9) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Narasiṃhapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.narasimha.58.42) — Sanskrit - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.45.35) — Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.2.p318) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.9) · Pramāṇa