Manava Dharmashastra 8.18
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.18
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.18
pādo 'dharmasya kartāraṃ pādaḥ sākṣiṇam ṛcchati
pādaḥ sabhāsadaḥ sarvān pādo rājānam ṛcchati //
One quarter of (the guilt of) an unjust (decision) falls on him who committed (the crime), one quarter on the (false) witness, one quarter on all the judges, one quarter on the king.
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 (7)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin — E. W. Hopkins, English
- Hindu Administrative Institutions — V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar, English
- Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) — Beni Prasad, English
- The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic — E. W. Hopkins, English
- Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) — Julius Jolly & Batakrishna Ghosh, English
- Public Administration in Ancient India — Pramathanath Banerjea, English