[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) › 5.96 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.96 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.96 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.96) somāgnyarkānilendrāṇāṃ vittāppatyor yamasya ca aṣṭānāṃ lokapālānāṃ vapur dhārayate nṛpaḥ // > A king is an incarnation of the eight guardian deities of the world, the Moon, the Fire, the Sun, the Wind, Indra, the Lords of wealth and water (Kubera and Varuna), and Yama. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.95) - [Next: 5.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.97) - [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.5.96) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.96) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Bṛhaspatismṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.brhaspati.1.1.6) — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.96) · Pramāṇa