[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) › 7.54 # Manava Dharmashastra 7.54 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.54 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.54) maulāñ śāstravidaḥ śūrāṃl labdhalakṣān sacivān sapta cāṣṭau vā // > Let him appoint seven or eight ministers whose ancestors have been royal servants, who are versed in the sciences, heroes skilled in the use of weapons and descended from (noble) families and who have been tried. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 7.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.53) - [Next: 7.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.55) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.7.54) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Linked texts (4) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.21.p1185) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Rājanītiprakāśa (Mitramiśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.rajanitiprakasa.2.p195) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit - [Nītiprakāśikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.nitiprakasika.8.18) — Janamejaya Śarman, Sanskrit - [Rājanītiratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.rajanitiratnakara.1.p67) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.54) · Pramāṇa