[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 9.14 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.14 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.14) naitā rūpaṃ parīkṣante nāsāṃ vayasi saṃsthitiḥ surūpaṃ vā virūpaṃ vā pumān ity eva bhuñjate // > Women do not care for beauty, nor is their attention fixed on age; (thinking), '(It is enough that) he is a man,' they give themselves to the handsome and to the ugly. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.13) - [Next: 9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.15) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.9.14) — Georg Bühler 1886, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.14) · Pramāṇa