Manusmriti 7.191
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.191
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.191
saṃhatān yodhayed alpān kāmaṃ vistārayed bahūn
sūcyā vajreṇa caivaitān vyūhena vyūhya yodhayet //
Let him make a small number of soldiers fight in close order, at his pleasure let him extend a large number in loose ranks; or let him make them fight, arranging (a small number) in the needle-array, (and a large number) in the thunderbolt-array.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (6)
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Nārāyaṇa — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Rājanītiratnākara — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit
Discussed in (2)
- Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) — Prasad 1927, English
- The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic — Hopkins 1889, English