Manava Dharmashastra 7.17
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.17
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.17
sa rājā puruṣo daṇḍaḥ sa netā śāsitā ca saḥ
caturṇām āśramāṇāṃ ca dharmasya pratibhūḥ smṛtaḥ //
Punishment is (in reality) the king (and) the male, that the manager of affairs, that the ruler, and that is called the surety for the four orders' obedience to the law.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (7)
- Manuṭīkā — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) — B. A. Saletore, English
- Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times — K. P. Jayaswal, English
- State and Government in Ancient India — A. S. Altekar, English
- A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. — U. N. Ghoshal, English