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# Manava Dharmashastra 10.93

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 10.93

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [10.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.93)

itareṣāṃ tu paṇyānāṃ vikrayād iha kāmataḥ  
brāhmaṇaḥ saptarātreṇa vaiśyabhāvaṃ niyacchati //

> But by willingly selling in this world other (forbidden) commodities, a Brahmana assumes after seven nights the character of a Vaisya.  
> — 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.10.93) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Linked texts (3)

- [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.28.p17) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtiratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.smrtiratnakara.2.p114.1) — Veṅkaṭanātha, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtiratnākara (Viṭṭhalanātha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrtiratnakara-vitthala.2.p114.1) — Viṭṭhalanātha, Sanskrit

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