[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) › 4.85 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.85 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.85 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.85) daśasūnāsamaṃ cakraṃ daśacakrasamo dhvajaḥ daśadhvajasamo veśo daśaveśasamo nṛpaḥ // > One oil-press is as (bad) as ten slaughter-houses, one tavern as (bad as) ten oil-presses, one brothel as (bad as) ten taverns, one king as (bad as) ten brothels. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.84) - [Next: 4.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.86) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.4.85) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.85) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.85) · Pramāṇa