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# Manava Dharmashastra 8.24

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.24

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.24)

arthānarthāv ubhau buddhvā dharmādharmau ca kevalau  
varṇakrameṇa sarvāṇi paśyet kāryāṇi kāryiṇām //

> Knowing what is expedient or inexpedient, what is pure justice or injustice, let him examine the causes of suitors according to the order of the castes (varna).  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.8.24) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (7)

- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.14.p23) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini.14.p23) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta.14.p23) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya.12.24) — Sanskrit
- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthamuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!kulluka) — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!raghavananda) — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (8)

- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.52) — P. V. Kane, English
- [Vyavahāramādhava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vyavaharamadhava.2.p21) — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
- [Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.170) — 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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.36) — Beni Prasad, English
- [Hindu Administrative Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c10.s3.27) — V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar, English
- [Vyavahāraprakāśa (Mitramiśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vyavaharaprakasa.2.p66) — Mitramiśra 1753, Sanskrit
- [Smṛticandrikā (Āpadeva)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrticandrika-apadeva.3.p116) — Āpadeva 1600, Sanskrit
- [Vyavahāramālā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vyavaharamala.3.p1) — Varadarāja (grammarian) 1700, Sanskrit

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