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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.56

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.56

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.56)

yadāṇumātriko bhūtvā bījaṃ sthāsnu cariṣṇu ca  
samāviśati saṃsṛṣṭas tadā mūrtiṃ vimuñcati //

> When, being clothed with minute particles (only), it enters into vegetable or animal seed, it then assumes, united (with the fine body), a (new) corporeal frame.  
> — 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.1.56) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.56) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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