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# Manava Dharmashastra 9.1

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.1)

puruṣasya striyāś caiva vartmani tiṣṭhatoḥ  
saṃyoge viprayoge ca dharmān vakṣyāmi śāśvatān //

> I will now propound the eternal laws for a husband and his wife who keep to the path of duty, whether they be united or separated.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.9.1) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (7)

- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.15.p1) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini.15.p1) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta.15.p1) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthamuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!kulluka) — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!raghavananda) — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (8)

- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.985) — P. V. Kane, English
- [The History and Culture of the Indian People](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.majumdar-1951-hcip.v4.c100.s68.t13.6) — R. C. Majumdar & A. D. Pusalker, English
- [Vivādaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadaratnakara.18.p101) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit
- [Ratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mithila.ratnakara.18.p101) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara.17.p161) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit
- [The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.hopkins-1889.c2.s6.25) — E. W. Hopkins, English
- [Madanaratna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaratna.3.p737) — Madanasiṃha, Sanskrit
- [Vyavahāramālā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vyavaharamala.29.p2) — Varadarāja (grammarian) 1700, Sanskrit

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