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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.76

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.76

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.76)

ākāśāt tu vikurvāṇāt sarvagandhavahaḥ śuciḥ  
balavāñ jāyate vāyuḥ sa vai sparśaguṇo mataḥ //

> But from ether, modifying itself, springs the pure, powerful wind, the vehicle of all perfumes; that is held to possess the quality of touch.  
> — 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.1.76) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.76) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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