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# Manava Dharmashastra 11.95

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 11.95

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [11.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.11.95)

yakṣarakṣaḥpiśācānnaṃ madyaṃ māṃsaṃ surāsavam  
tad brāhmaṇena nāttavyaṃ devānām aśnatā haviḥ //

> Sura one must know to be of three kinds, that distilled from molasses (gaudi), that distilled from ground rice, and that distilled from Madhuka-flowers (madhvi); as the one (named above) even so are all (three sorts) forbidden to the chief of the twice-born.  
> — 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.11.95) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Linked texts (3)

- [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.14.p1.7) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtisāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrtisamgraha.smrtisaroddhara.2.p142) — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Cakranārāyaṇīyanibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.cakranarayaniyanibandha.2.p142) — Viśvambharatrivedin 1600, Sanskrit

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