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# Manava Dharmashastra 11.178

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 11.178

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [11.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.11.178)

yat karoty ekarātreṇa vṛṣalīsevanād dvijaḥ  
tad bhaikṣabhug japan nityaṃ tribhir varṣair vyapohati //

> If, being solicited by a man (of) equal (caste), she (afterwards) is again unfaithful, then a Krikkhra and a lunar penance are prescribed as the means of purifying her.  
> — 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.11.178) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.16.153.177) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.53.9) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit

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