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	Manusmriti the laws of Manu
		The Manusmriti, translated "Laws of Manu" or "Institutions of Manu", is regarded as a foundational work of Hindu law and ancient Indian society, compiled and written quite late, c.200 CE in India.
		Manusmriti was quoted, especially by the British Colonial rulers of India as "the law-book" of the Hindus.
		Manusmriti is a key text in justifying and prescribing the detailed precepts of the caste system.
	www.hinduwebsite.com /sacredscripts/hinduism/dharma/manusmriti.asp (563 words)

	Kambojas and Manusmriti - KambojSociety.com
		The Manusmriti translated "Laws of Manu" is a foundational work of Hindu law and ancient Indian society, written c.200 in India.
		Unlike the Vedas which are considered of divine origin, the Smritis are considered to be of human origin and contain laws, rules and codes of conduct to be applied by individuals, communities and the nations.
		Manusmriti (verse X.20) informs that those (sons) whom the twice-born beget on wives of equal caste, but who, not fulfilling their sacred duties (allusion is obviously towards the Kambojas, Sakas, Pahlavas etc), are excluded from the Savitri (initiation), one must also designate by the appellation Vratyas.
	www.kambojsociety.com /Manusmriti.asp (847 words)

	ERCES
		Manusmriti dealt with the duties of a king, the mixed castes, the rules of occupation in relation to caste, occupations in times of distress, expiations of sins, and the rules governing specific forms of rebirth.
		The geographical horizon of Manusmriti was confined to the region north of Vindhyas (Mahajan 1994).
		Manusmriti prescribes that the wife who touches, meets, or even talks to a man who is not her husband is to be fed to animals.
	www.erces.com /journal/articles/archives/v03/v03_05.htm (6627 words)

	Why I Am Not a Hindu
		Manusmriti further states that having originated from the mouth of Brahma, being elder and being the repository of the Vedas; Brahmins are the masters of the entire universe.
		Manusmriti refers to the Vedas, which are to be regarded as the main valid source of knowledge about dharma, as shruti and to dharmashastras as smriti.
		In any case, Manusmriti was most probably written between200 BC and 200 AD [80] and the system as outlined in it is totally based on birth.
	www.infidels.org /library/modern/ramendra_nath/hindu.html (8282 words)

	Caste in the wrong mould (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		That the Manusmriti has been tampered with was acknowledged by Sir William Jones, an employee of the East India Company, who introduced it as the law book of Hindus in British Indian courts.
		With a view to create hereditary monopoly on the easy money of dakshina, priests who came centuries after the Vedas concocted that as Brahmin was born from mouth of Purusa, was the superiormost and as Sudra was born from feet, an impure part, he was impure and the inferior most.
		Manusmriti (5/132) states that organs above nabhi (navel) are sacred (pavitra) and those below are impure (apivatra).
	www.hvk.org /hvk/articles/0103/261.html (1001 words)

	Khoj - Directory for manusmriti
		Manusmriti 5.49 Interestingly enough, the word "Hindu" is not actually found anywhere in Vedic scriptures.
		Scriptures, in the religious books, which were written after the Manusmriti.
		Manusmriti and other shastric texts, overrides the sacred law.
	www.khoj.com /Society_and_Culture/Religion_and_Spirituality/Hinduism/Sacred_Texts_and_Scriptures/Manusmriti (193 words)

	Creationism -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The heaven and earth, the mind, the (A secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s) soul and the five senses were created then, and are the basis for all beings.
		This story was recorded in the Manavadharmashastra also known as the Manusmriti.
		It is important to understand from the outset that Creationism is not based upon scientific findings or upon a scientific approach to uncovering the origins of life.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/cr/creationism.htm (2209 words)

	What is this Hindu Rashtra ?
		The Manusmriti then proceeds to define the outcasts and untouchables who have no place in society at all and defines their menial activities.
		Witness the aggression at the `Dharam Sansad' held in December 1992 and the castigating of the present Indian Constitution as "non-Hindu".
		Manusmriti was for all times and ages and for all mankind".
	www.countercurrents.org /comm-yechuri120803.htm (2172 words)

	Indian Law `An Anglo-Brahminical Hybrid' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		On March 25 of this year, copies of Manusmriti were burnt by reformers protesting against the ill-conceived installation of the statue of Manu in the precincts of the Rajasthan High Court.
		The protestors believed that the text is the defining document of Brahmanical Hinduism, and also the key source of gender and caste oppression in India.
		In the ensuing controversy defenders of Manusmriti projected it as a pivotal canonical source of religious law for Hindus.
	www.dalitstan.org /journal/brahman/bra001/brah0113.html (1076 words)

	The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh News : `Manusmriti still relevant'
		At a popular lecture on the role of professionals in enforcement of contractual obligations in the construction industry, Justice Ramajois said the good points in this ancient law text must be taken and the irrelevant and unsuitable ones discarded.
		He opined that Manusmriti elaborated on the "right to happiness" which contained within its ambit all other rights developed by western jurisprudence.
		Manusmriti spoke of contentment as the root of happiness but enjoined that pursuit of wealth and fulfilment of desires should only be within the ambit of `Dharma'.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2005/01/03/stories/2005010313360500.htm (253 words)

	Manusmriti Dahan Day celebrated as Indian women’s Liberation Day
		Another activist of the DBMVM, Kunda Pramilani while speaking on the occasion argued that like the Manusmriti, the Bhagwad Gita and the Ramayana also support in a cunning manner the Varna order and slavery of women and these texts too must be condemned.
		Pratibha Shinde argued that infact today the disease is not limited to texts and books but that the diseases of casteism and communalism had taken hold of the entire society and that the gathering should vow to cure society of these diseases.
		Vandana Shinde of the Andh Shraddha Nirmulan Samiti said that alongwith the Manusmriti, blind faith must be set aflame or else the undue importance of 'Bapu- Bua and Bangali Babas’ (fake religious men) will only increase in society.
	www.dalitindia.org /DalitNews/manusmiriti_dahan.htm (947 words)

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		It wasn’t the Manusmriti, his only scripture of Hindutva was the history of Hindus — from Chandragupta Maurya’s time to India’s freedom struggle.
		However, the reason for this was not his avowed faith in Manusmriti, but his role in the freedom struggle.
		It is a strange logic that merely because a party took the initiative to install the portrait of a freedom fighter, that party ought to be taken as believing in all the views and idiosyncrasies of that person.
	www.indianexpress.com /print.php?content_id=23329 (1304 words)

	Caste and the Hindu scripture - Sify.com
		Manusmriti (II.13) reconfirms that the supreme authority of law is the shruti i.e.
		Further, the original text of Manusmriti has been tampered with was acknowledged by Sir William Jones, an employee of the East India Company who arbitrarily elevated it as the Law book of Hindus in British Indian Courts.
		This is what followers of Manusmriti have been doing over centuries destroying/immolating Hinduism from within by dividing/separating Hindus among different castes by birth and by putting them at fratricidal war with each other, thus, reducing Hindu population.
	sify.com /news/othernews/fullstory.php?id=13167868 (3178 words)

	The Eternal Values In Manusmriti
		In his talk, profuse with anecdotes, Justice Jois, referred to several provision in Manusmriti that have come in for severe criticism and also to many verses/rules incorporated in the Manusmriti which are good for the entire humanity.
		Manusmriti, according to Shri Rama Jois, is a 'signal contribution for preservation of eternal values'.
		Having studies the verses in the twelve chapters of Manusmriti, Shri Rama Jois gave a critical assessment of the text.
	www.ignca.nic.in /nl002506.htm (633 words)

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		Urmila Pawar, member of the DBMVM and Aakaar Konkan Dalit Mahila Sanghatana reminded the gathering of the historical burning of the Manusmriti by Dr. Ambedkar and his associates on 25th December 1927 to condemn the oppression of women and shudras.
		Sandhya Gokhale of the FAOW argued that this programme should not be viewed as a programme against one particular religion but since all religions subordinate women, the burning of the Manusmriti represents the burning of all non-egalitarian thought.
		Kusumtai Gangurde, senior activist of the Republican Mahila Aghadi said that by burning the Manusmriti, Babasaheb had initiated the emancipation of women and that it was a welcome sign that several people were gathering in different places to carry forward this message.
	www.countercurrents.org /dalit-pramilani301203.htm (905 words)

	Manusmriti
		Manusmriti is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		The Manusmriti, in the form that is available today did more damage to Hinduism and the self esteem of many Hindus than Islam and Christianity.
		According to the theory of transmigration, even if the individual is to take another birth immediately after his death, the performance of Sraaddha adds to his happiness in his new birth.
	www.experiencefestival.com /manusmriti (1010 words)

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