Manava Dharmashastra 7.88
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.88
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.88
saṃgrāmeṣv anivartitvaṃ prajānāṃ caiva pālanam
śuśrūṣā brāhmaṇānāṃ ca rājñāṃ śreyaskaraṃ param //
Not to turn back in battle, to protect the people, to honour the Brahmanas, is the best means for a king to secure happiness.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (7)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manuṭīkā — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
Linked texts (5)
- Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India — James Tod & William Crooke, English
- The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times — Beni Prasad, English
- Hindu Administrative Institutions — V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar, English
- Public Administration in Ancient India — Pramathanath Banerjea, 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