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# Manava Dharmashastra 11.151

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 11.151

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [11.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.11.151)

vapanaṃ mekhalā daṇḍo vratāni ca  
nivartante dvijātīnāṃ punaḥsaṃskārakarmaṇi //

> (Men of) the three twice-born castes who have unintentionally swallowed ordure or urine, or anything that has touched Sura, must be initiated again.  
> — 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.11.151) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (7)

- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.16.144) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini.16.144) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta.16.144) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthamuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!kulluka) — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!raghavananda) — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c71.s1.359) — P. V. Kane, English

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