Manava Dharmashastra 8.44
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.44
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- Sanskrit
8.44
yathā nayaty asṛkpātair mṛgasya mṛgayuḥ padam
nayet tathānumānena dharmasya nṛpatiḥ padam //
As a hunter traces the lair of a (wounded) deer by the drops of blood, even so the king shall discover on which side the right lies, by inferences (from the facts).
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 (7)
- Geschichte der indischen Litteratur — M. Winternitz, German
- Indische Sprüche — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit
- The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times — 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
- Dharmatattvakalanidhi — Pṛthvīcandra, Sanskrit
- Pṛthvīcandra — Sanskrit
- Sarasvatīvilāsa — Pratāparudradeva, Sanskrit