[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) › 9.89 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.89 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.89 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.89) kāmam ā maraṇāt tiṣṭhed gṛhe kanyā rtumaty api na caivaināṃ prayaccet tu guṇahīnāya karhi cit // > (But) the maiden, though marriageable, should rather stop in (the father's) house until death, than that he should ever give her to a man destitute of good qualities. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.88) - [Next: 9.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.90) - [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.9.89) — 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 (6) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.66) — P. V. Kane, English - [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c23.46) — E. J. Rapson, English - [The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c7.s3.28) — A. S. Altekar, English - [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.s6.68) — E. W. Hopkins, English - [Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.570) — Julius Jolly & Batakrishna Ghosh, English - [Education in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c11.s2.11) — A. S. Altekar, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.89) · Pramāṇa