Welcome to the electronic text of Georg Bühler's English translation of the Manu Smṛti (Laws of Manu), published in the Sacred Books of the East, Volume 25 (1886).
The text is divided into twelve chapters corresponding to the twelve books of the original. Each file contains the complete English rendering of the verses belonging to that chapter.
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| Chapter 01: Chapter I – Creation and the Origin of Castes | Last updated: May 2026 |
| Chapter 02: Chapter II – Education and the Initiation of Twice-Born | Last updated: May 2026 |
| Chapter 03: Chapter III – Marriage and the Duties of Householders | Last updated: May 2026 |
| Chapter 04: Chapter IV – Means of Subsistence and Private Morals | Last updated: May 2026 |
| Chapter 05: Chapter V – Diet, Purification, and Women | Last updated: May 2026 |
| Chapter 06: Chapter VI – The Forest Hermit and the Ascetic | Last updated: May 2026 |
| Chapter 07: Chapter VII – Government and the Duties of Kings | Last updated: May 2026 |
| Chapter 08: Chapter VIII – Judicature and Civil and Criminal Law | Last updated: May 2026 |
| Chapter 09: Chapter IX – Laws of Inheritance and Women | Last updated: May 2026 |
| Chapter 10: Chapter X – Mixed Castes and Their Duties | Last updated: May 2026 |
| Chapter 11: Chapter XI – Penance and Expiation | Last updated: May 2026 |
| Chapter 12: Chapter XII – Transmigration and Final Liberation | Last updated: May 2026 |
Source: Bühler, Georg. The Laws of Manu. Sacred Books of the East, Volume 25. 1886.