History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s50.23

v1.c6.s50.23

From Medhātithi's bhāṣya it is perfectly clear that the text of Manu on which he commented was practically the same that we have now. He refers to ancient (*cirantana*) expositors of Manu (on V. 127) and to former (*pūrva*) expositors (IV. 176, II. 134, X. 21). He discusses various readings in several places (vide III. 119, IV. 99, 185, 229, VIII. 53). On VIII. 182-183 he notes⁵⁸⁰ that the order of the verses was traditionally different. Kullūka also notices that those two verses and the next two were read in one order by Medhātithi and Bhojadeva and in another by Govindarāja. On 9. 93 he notes that according to some that verse is not Manu's.⁵⁸¹