Manava Dharmashastra 4.116
Manubhāṣya 4.116
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- Sanskrit
4.116
antaḥśabdaḥ sāmīpyavacanaḥ | śmaśānasamīpe grāmasamīpe ca | govraje | gāvo yatra carituṃ vrajanti | goṣṭho vā 'govrajaḥ' | strīsaṃprayogakāle yatprāvṛtaṃ vāsastadeva prāvṛtya nādhīyīta | maithunaśabdaḥ sāhacaryāttatkālapravṛtte vāsasi vartate | śrāddhikaṃ śrāddhanimittaṃ śuṣkānnādyamapi gṛhītvā nādhīyīta |
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
The term ‘anta’ means proximity. The meaning is that he shall not study in close proximity to the cremation-ground, or in close proximity to a village.
‘Cow-pasture’—where cows goto graze. Or, ‘govraja’ may mean the ‘cow-pen.’
‘He shall not read with the same cloth on him which he had on while having intercourse with his wife;’ the term ‘maithuna’ denoting, through association, the cloth worn during intercourse.
‘In connection with funeral rites;’—he shall not read after having accepted such presents as dry food, and the like.—(116)
Translations (1)
- Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English
Linked texts (1)
- Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit