Manusmriti 8.39
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.39
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.39
nidhīnāṃ tu purāṇānāṃ dhātūnām eva ca kṣitau
ardhabhāg rakṣaṇād rājā bhūmer adhipatir hi saḥ //
The king obtains one half of ancient hoards and metals (found) in the ground, by reason of (his giving) protection, (and) because he is the lord of the soil.
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
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- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Social and Rural Economy of Northern India, cir. 600 B.C.–200 A.D. — Atindranath Bose, English
- Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times — K. P. Jayaswal, English
- The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times — A. S. Altekar, English
- State and Government in Ancient India — A. S. Altekar, English
- Contributions to the History of the Hindu Revenue System — U. N. Ghoshal, English
- Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) — Beni Prasad, English
- The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic — E. W. Hopkins, English
- Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) — Julius Jolly & Batakrishna Ghosh, English
- Education in Ancient India — A. S. Altekar, English
- The Agrarian System in Ancient India — U. N. Ghoshal, English