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# Manava Dharmashastra 11.72

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 11.72

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [11.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.11.72)

brahmahā dvādaśa samāḥ kuṭīṃ kṛtvā vane vaset  
bhaikṣāśy ātmaviśuddhyarthaṃ kṛtvā śavaśiro dhvajam //

> Learn (now) completely those penances, by means of which all the several offences mentioned (can) be expiated.  
> — 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.11.72) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.169.2) — Sanskrit

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