Manusmriti 8.13
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.13
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.13
vaktavyaṃ vā samañjasam
abruvan vibruvan vāpi naro bhavati kilbiṣī //
Either the court must not be entered, or the truth must be spoken; a man who either says nothing or speaks falsely, becomes sinful.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (7)
- Manuṭīkā — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Indische Sprüche — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit
- Public Administration in Ancient India — Pramathanath Banerjea, English