[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) › 5.159 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.159 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.159 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.159) anekāni sahasrāṇi kumārabrahmacāriṇām divaṃ gatāni viprāṇām akṛtvā kulasaṃtatim // > Many thousands of Brahmanas who were chaste from their youth, have gone to heaven without continuing their race. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.158) - [Next: 5.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.160) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.5.159) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.159) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Śūdrakamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.jati.sudrakamalakara.49.3) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.159) · Pramāṇa