Manusmriti 8.259
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.259
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- Sanskrit
8.259
sāmantānām abhāve tu maulānāṃ sīmni sākṣiṇām
imān apy anuyuñjīta puruṣān vanagocarān //
On failure of neighbours (who are) original inhabitants (of the country and can be) witnesses with respect to the boundary, (the king) may hear the evidence even of the following inhabitants of the forest.
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 (2)
- Chandragupta Maurya and His Times — Radhakumud Mookerji, English
- Local Government in Ancient India — Radhakumud Mookerji, English