Manusmriti 8.109
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.109
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- Sanskrit
8.109
asākṣikeṣu tv artheṣu mitho vivādamānayoḥ
avindaṃs tattvataḥ satyaṃ śapathenāpi lambhayet //
If two (parties) dispute about matters for which no witnesses are available, and the (judge) is unable to really ascertain the truth, he may cause it to be discovered even by an oath.
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 (2)
- Vyavahāraprakāśa (Mitramiśra) — Mitramiśra 1753, Sanskrit
- Vīrasiṃhamitrodaya — Rāmamiśra, Sanskrit
Discussed in (2)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya), Vol. I — Law & Mookerji 1914, English