Manava Dharmashastra 8.88
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.88
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.88
brūhīti brāhmaṇaṃ pṛcchet satyaṃ brūhīti pārthivam
gobījakāñcanair vaiśyaṃ śūdraṃ sarvais tu pātakaiḥ //
Let him examine a Brahmana (beginning with) 'Speak,' a Kshatriya (beginning with) 'Speak the truth,' a Vaisya (admonishing him) by (mentioning) his kine, grain, and gold, a Sudra (threatening him) with (the guilt of) every crime that causes loss of caste;
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 (6)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Smṛticandrikā — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India — E. J. Rapson, English
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — R. S. Sharma, English
- The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic — E. W. Hopkins, English
- Sarasvatīvilāsa — Pratāparudradeva, Sanskrit