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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.147

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.147

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.147)

bālayā vā yuvatyā vā vṛddhayā vāpi yoṣitā  
na svātantryeṇa kartavyaṃ kiṃ cid kāryaṃ gṛheṣv api //

> By a girl, by a young woman, or even by an aged one, nothing must be done independently, even in her own house.  
> — 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.5.147) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (7)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.147) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthamuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!kulluka) — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!raghavananda) — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit
- [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (8)

- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c28.s2.74) — P. V. Kane, English
- [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.6.77.15) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit
- [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.4433) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit
- [Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c12.25) — Johann Jakob Meyer, English
- [The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c16.99) — A. S. Altekar, English
- [Social Life in Ancient India: Studies in Vātsyāyana's Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chakladar-1929.c8.s6.t5.5) — Haran Chandra Chakladar, English
- [Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c5.110) — F. E. Keay, English
- [History of Tamil Language and Literature (Beginning to 1000 A.D.)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.vaiyapuri-pillai-1956.c10.s2.9) — S. Vaiyapuri Pillai, English

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