Manava Dharmashastra 9.178
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.178
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- Sanskrit
9.178
yaṃ brāhmaṇas tu śūdrāyāṃ kāmād utpādayet sutam
sa pārayann eva śavas tasmāt pāraśavaḥ smṛtaḥ //
The son whom a Brahmana begets through lust on a Sudra female is, (though) alive (parayan), a corpse (sava), and hence called a Parasava (a living corpse).
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Linked texts (4)
- Southern recension — Sanskrit
- Vivādaratnākara — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit
- Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit
- Dāyabhāga — Jīmūtavāhana, Sanskrit