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# Manava Dharmashastra 11.172

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 11.172

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [11.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.11.172)

etās tisras tu bhāryārthe nopayacchet tu buddhimān  
jñātitvenānupeyās tāḥ patati hy upayann adhaḥ //

> He who has approached the daughter of his father's sister, (who is almost equal to) a sister, (the daughter) of his mother's sister, or of his mother's full brother, shall perform a lunar penance.  
> — 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.11.172) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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