Manusmriti 8.99
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.99
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.99
hanti jātān ajātāṃś ca hiraṇyārthe 'nṛtaṃ vadan
sarvaṃ bhūmyanṛte hanti mā sma bhūmyanṛtaṃ vadīḥ //
'By speaking falsely in a cause regarding gold, he kills the born and the unborn; by false evidence concerning land, he kills everything; beware, therefore, of false evidence concerning land.
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 (3)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Indische Sprüche — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit
- The Agrarian System in Ancient India — U. N. Ghoshal, English