Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi

by Ganganatha Jha | 1920 | 1,381,940 words | ISBN-10: 8120811550 | ISBN-13: 9788120811553

This is the English translation of the Manusmriti, which is a collection of Sanskrit verses dealing with ‘Dharma’, a collective name for human purpose, their duties and the law. Various topics will be dealt with, but this volume of the series includes 12 discourses (adhyaya). The commentary on this text by Medhatithi elaborately explains various t...

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

उदितोऽयं विस्तरशो मिथो विवदमानयोः ।
अष्टादशसु मार्गेषु व्यवहारस्य निर्णयः ॥ २५० ॥

udito'yaṃ vistaraśo mitho vivadamānayoḥ |
aṣṭādaśasu mārgeṣu vyavahārasya nirṇayaḥ || 250 ||

This has been expounded at length-investigation of suits between two litigants, bearing upon the eighteen titles of dispute.—(250)

 

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):

This verse sums up the entire section on Law-suits.—(250)

 

Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha

This verse is quoted in Vivādaratnākara (p. 618).

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