[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 8.23 # Manava Dharmashastra 8.23 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.23) dharmāsanam adhiṣṭhāya saṃvītāṅgaḥ samāhitaḥ praṇamya lokapālebhyaḥ kāryadarśanam ārabhet // > Having occupied the seat of justice, having covered his body, and having worshipped the guardian deities of the world, let him, with a collected mind, begin the trial of causes. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.22) - [Next: 8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.24) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.8.23) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.14.p22) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Bṛhaspatismṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.brhaspati.1.1.48) — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit - [Bārhaspatyasaṃhitā (Aṅgiras)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.rsi.barhaspatyasamhita.1.48) — Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.23) · Pramāṇa