Manusmriti 7.70
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.70
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.70
dhanvadurgaṃ mahīdurgam abdurgaṃ vārkṣam eva vā
nṛdurgaṃ giridurgaṃ vā samāśritya vaset puram //
Let him build (there) a town, making for his safety a fortress, protected by a desert, or a fortress built of (stone and) earth, or one protected by water or trees, or one (formed by an encampment of armed) men or a hill-fort.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (7)
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manuṭīkā — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
Linked texts (10)
- Alaṅkāramaṇihāra — Śrīkṛṣṇa, Sanskrit
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) — Prasanna Kumar Acharya, English
- Sūktiratnahāra — Kāliṅgarāya Sūrya, Sanskrit
- Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times — K. P. Jayaswal, English
- Śabdastomamahānidhi — Tārānātha Tarkavācaspati Bhaṭṭācārya, Sanskrit
- The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day — A. S. Altekar, English
- The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic — E. W. Hopkins, English
- Town Planning in Ancient India — Binode Behari Dutt, English
- Lakṣaṇaprakāśa (Mitramiśra) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit