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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.133

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.133

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.133)

pitur bhaginyāṃ mātuś ca jyāyasyāṃ ca svasary api  
mātṛvad vṛttim ātiṣṭhen mātā tābhyo garīyasī //

> Towards a sister of one's father and of one's mother, and towards one's own elder sister, one must behave as towards one's mother; (but) the mother is more venerable than they.  
> — 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.2.133) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.133) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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