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# Manava Dharmashastra 4.19

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.19

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.19)

buddhivṛddhikarāṇy āśu dhanyāni ca hitāni ca  
nityaṃ śāstrāṇy avekṣeta nigamāṃś caiva vaidikān //

> Let him daily pore over those Institutes of science which soon give increase of wisdom, those which teach the acquisition of wealth, those which are beneficial (for other worldly concerns), and likewise over the Nigamas which explain the Veda.  
> — 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.4.19) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.19) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.7.p19) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

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