Manusmriti 9.66
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.66
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- Sanskrit
9.66
ayaṃ dvijair hi vidvadbhiḥ paśudharmo vigarhitaḥ
manuṣyāṇām api prokto vene rājyaṃ praśāsati //
This practice which is reprehended by the learned of the twice-born castes as fit for cattle is said (to have occurred) even among men, while Vena ruled.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (7)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manuṭīkā — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
Linked texts (9)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Indian Philosophy — S. Radhakrishnan, English
- Vicāratrayī — Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī 1697, Sanskrit
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — R. S. Sharma, English
- The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day — A. S. Altekar, English
- Chandragupta Maurya and His Times — Radhakumud Mookerji, English
- Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) — Julius Jolly & Batakrishna Ghosh, English
- Epic Mythology — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English