Manava Dharmashastra 7.156
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.156
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.156
etāḥ prakṛtayo mūlaṃ maṇḍalasya samāsataḥ
aṣṭau cānyāḥ samākhyātā dvādaśaiva tu tāḥ smṛtāḥ //
These (four) constituents (prakriti, form), briefly (speaking), the foundation of the circle (of neighbours); besides, eight others are enumerated (in the Institutes of Polity) and (thus) the (total) is declared to be twelve.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (7)
- Manuṭīkā — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Hindu Administrative Institutions — V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar, English
- The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics — Benoy Kumar Sarkar, English
- The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic — E. W. Hopkins, English