Manava Dharmashastra 8.20
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.20
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.20
jātimātropajīvī vā kāmaṃ syād brāhmaṇabruvaḥ
dharmapravaktā nṛpater na tu śūdraḥ kathaṃ cana //
A Brahmana who subsists only by the name of his caste (gati), or one who merely calls himself a Brahmana (though his origin be uncertain), may, at the king's pleasure, interpret the law to him, but never a Sudra.
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 (6)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) — B. A. Saletore, English
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — R. S. Sharma, English
- The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times — Beni Prasad, English
- The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times — A. S. Altekar, English
- Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) — Beni Prasad, English