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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.132

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.132

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.132)

bhrātur bhāryopasaṃgrāhyā savarṇāhany ahany api  
viproṣya tūpasaṃgrāhyā jñātisaṃbandhiyoṣitaḥ //

> (The feet of the) wife of one's brother, if she be of the same caste (varna), must be clasped every day; but (the feet of) wives of (other) paternal and maternal relatives need only be embraced on one's return from a journey.  
> — 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.2.132) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.132) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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