Manusmriti 8.68
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.68
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.68
strīṇāṃ sākṣyaṃ striyaḥ kuryur dvijānāṃ sadṛśā dvijāḥ
śūdrāś ca santaḥ śūdrāṇām antyānām antyayonayaḥ //
Women should give evidence for women, and for twice-born men twice-born men (of the) same (kind), virtuous Sudras for Sudras, and men of the lowest castes for the lowest.
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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- Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) — B. A. Saletore, English
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — R. S. Sharma, English
- Hindu Administrative Institutions — V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar, English
- Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture — Johann Jakob Meyer, English
- The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic — E. W. Hopkins, English
- Public Administration in Ancient India — Pramathanath Banerjea, English
- Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya), Vol. I — Narendra Nath Law & Radhakumud Mookerji, English
- Vyavahāramālā — Varadarāja (grammarian) 1700, Sanskrit