Manusmriti

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Ancient Indian text Dharmashastra Hindu legal text Hindu religious text Sanskrit text

Manusmriti is an ancient Hindu legal and ethical text traditionally attributed to the sage Manu, outlining social duties, laws, and moral conduct within the varna and ashrama system.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Manusmriti canonical 15
Laws of Manu 2
Manava Dharmashastra 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancient Indian text ⓘ
Dharmashastra ⓘ
Hindu legal text ⓘ
Hindu religious text ⓘ
Sanskrit text ⓘ
approximateDate 2nd century BCE to 3rd century CE ⓘ
contains Regulations on caste mixing ⓘ
Regulations on women’s conduct ⓘ
Rules for Brahmins ⓘ
Rules for Kshatriyas ⓘ
Rules for Shudras ⓘ
Rules for Vaishyas ⓘ
Rules on food and purity ⓘ
Rules on judicial procedure ⓘ
Rules on penances and expiations ⓘ
Verses on duties of the four varnas ⓘ
Verses on the four ashramas ⓘ
culture ancient India ⓘ
surface form: Ancient India
genre Ethical treatise ⓘ
Legal text ⓘ
Religious law code ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Manusmriti ⓘ
surface form: Laws of Manu

Manusmriti ⓘ
surface form: Manava Dharmashastra
hasAuthor Manu ⓘ
hasCommentaryTradition Medieval Hindu commentaries ⓘ
hasModernReception Highly controversial in contemporary India ⓘ
hasNotableCommentary Manvarthamuktavali ⓘ
hasNotableCommentator Kulluka Bhatta ⓘ
Medhatithi ⓘ
hasTraditionalAuthor Sage Manu ⓘ
influenced Dharmashastras ⓘ
surface form: Hindu personal law

Social norms in traditional Hindu society ⓘ
influencedBy Earlier Vedic traditions ⓘ
isCriticizedBy B. R. Ambedkar ⓘ
isCriticizedFor Justification of caste hierarchy ⓘ
Prescriptions regarding women ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
meter Anustubh ⓘ
surface form: Anustubh meter
partOf Dharmashastras ⓘ
surface form: Dharmashastra corpus
relatedWork Narada Smriti ⓘ
Vishnu Smriti ⓘ
Yajnavalkya Smriti ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
script Devanagari script ⓘ
surface form: Devanagari
structure Versified text ⓘ
subject Ashrama system ⓘ
Dharma ⓘ
Inheritance law ⓘ
Kingship and governance ⓘ
Marriage law ⓘ
Moral conduct ⓘ
Penal law ⓘ
Ritual purity ⓘ
Social duties ⓘ
Varna system ⓘ
timePeriod Ancient period of Indian history ⓘ
tradition Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
surface form: Brahmanical Hinduism
usedFor Formulation of Anglo-Hindu law ⓘ
wasUsedBy British colonial administrators in India ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yama → textMention → Manusmriti ⓘ
Brahmins → historicalTextMention → Manusmriti ⓘ
Smriti literature → includes → Manusmriti ⓘ
ancient India → legalText → Manusmriti ⓘ
subject surface form: Ancient India
Dvapara Yuga → describedIn → Manusmriti ⓘ
Parashara Smriti → relatedTo → Manusmriti ⓘ
Brihaspati Smriti → relatedWork → Manusmriti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manu Smriti
Katyayana Smriti → relatedTo → Manusmriti ⓘ
Dharma → isCoreConceptInText → Manusmriti ⓘ
Dharma in Indian philosophy → centralInText → Manusmriti ⓘ
subject surface form: Dharma
Hindu scriptures → hasPart → Manusmriti ⓘ
Hindu scriptures → hasPart → Manusmriti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laws of Manu
Manusmriti → hasAlternativeName → Manusmriti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manava Dharmashastra
Manusmriti → hasAlternativeName → Manusmriti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laws of Manu
Kshatriya → mentionedIn → Manusmriti ⓘ
ahimsa (non-violence) → scripturalSource → Manusmriti ⓘ
subject surface form: Ahimsa
Aryavarta → describedIn → Manusmriti ⓘ
Naraka → describedIn → Manusmriti ⓘ
Hindu varna system → describedInText → Manusmriti ⓘ