Manusmriti 8.113
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.113
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.113
satyena śāpayed vipraṃ kṣatriyaṃ vāhanāyudhaiḥ
gobījakāñcanair vaiśyaṃ śūdraṃ sarvais tu pātakaiḥ //
Let the (judge) cause a Brahmana to swear by his veracity, a Kshatriya by his chariot or the animal he rides on and by his weapons, a Vaisya by his kine, grain, and gold, and a Sudra by (imprecating on his own head the guilt) of all grievous offences (pataka).
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
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- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — R. S. Sharma, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Hermann Oldenberg, German
- India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī — V. S. Agrawala, English
- Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture — Johann Jakob Meyer, English
- Public Administration in Ancient India — Pramathanath Banerjea, English