Manusmriti 8.120
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.120
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.120
lobhāt sahasraṃ daṇḍyas tu mohāt pūrvaṃ tu sāhasam
bhayād dvau madhyamau daṇḍau maitrāt pūrvaṃ caturguṇam //
(He who commits perjury) through covetousness shall be fined one thousand (panas), (he who does it) through distraction, in the lowest amercement; (if a man does it) through fear, two middling amercements shall be paid as a fine, (if he does it) through friendship, four times the amount of the lowest (amercement).
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
Discussed in (3)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) — Jolly & Ghosh 1896, English
- Public Administration in Ancient India — Banerjea 1916, English