Manusmriti 8.104
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.104
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.104
śūdraviṭkṣatraviprāṇāṃ yatra rtoktau bhaved vadhaḥ
tatra vaktavyam anṛtaṃ tad dhi satyād viśiṣyate //
Whenever the death of a Sudra, of a Vaisya, of a Kshatriya, or of a Brahmana would be (caused) by a declaration of the truth, a falsehood may be spoken; for such (falsehood) is preferable to the truth.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (6)
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Nārāyaṇa — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- Dharmatattvakalanidhi — Pṛthvīcandra, Sanskrit
- Sarasvatīvilāsa — Pratāparudradeva, Sanskrit
- Vīrasiṃhamitrodaya — Rāmamiśra, Sanskrit
- Vyavahāracintāmaṇi — Vācaspatimiśra, Sanskrit
Discussed in (4)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Indian Philosophy — Radhakrishnan 1923, English
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — Sharma 1958, English
- Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture — Meyer 1915, English