[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) › 9.2 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.2 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.2) asvatantrāḥ striyaḥ kāryāḥ puruṣaiḥ svair divāniśam viṣayeṣu ca sajjantyaḥ saṃsthāpyā ātmano vaśe // > Day and night woman must be kept in dependence by the males (of) their (families), and, if they attach themselves to sensual enjoyments, they must be kept under one's control. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.1) - [Next: 9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.3) - [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.9.2) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (7) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja) — Govindarāja, 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 - [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit - [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit - [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta) — Govindarāja, 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.t13.8) — R. C. Majumdar & A. D. Pusalker, English - [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.808) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit - [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c23.48) — E. J. Rapson, English - [Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.766) — Julius Jolly & Batakrishna Ghosh, English - [Social Life in Ancient India: Studies in Vātsyāyana's Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chakladar-1929.c8.s6.t5.5) — Haran Chandra Chakladar, English - [Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c5.112) — F. E. Keay, English - [Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.coomaraswamy-1942.c2.s1.154) — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.2) · Pramāṇa