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# Manava Dharmashastra 8.25

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.25

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.25)

bāhyair vibhāvayel liṅgair bhāvam antargataṃ nṛṇām  
svaravarṇeṅgitākāraiś cakṣuṣā ceṣṭitena ca //

> By external signs let him discover the internal disposition of men, by their voice, their colour, their motions, their aspect, their eyes, and their gestures.  
> — 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.8.25) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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