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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.40

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.40)

kṛmikīṭapataṅgāṃś ca yūkāmakṣikamatkuṇam  
sarvaṃ ca daṃśamaśakaṃ sthāvaraṃ ca pṛthagvidham //

> Small and large worms and beetles, moths, lice, flies, bugs, all stinging and biting insects and the several kinds of immovable things.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.1.40) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.40) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.1.1.9) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

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