Manusmriti 8.83
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.83
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- Sanskrit
8.83
satyena pūyate sākṣī dharmaḥ satyena vardhate
tasmāt satyaṃ hi vaktavyaṃ sarvavarṇeṣu sākṣibhiḥ //
'By truthfulness a witness is purified, through truthfulness his merit grows, truth must, therefore, be spoken by witnesses of all castes (varna).
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 (4)
- Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit
- Śukranīti (Śukrācārya) — Śukrācārya, Sanskrit
- Public Administration in Ancient India — Pramathanath Banerjea, English
- Vyavahāracintāmaṇi — Vācaspatimiśra, Sanskrit