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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.177

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.177

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.177)

varjayen madhu māṃsaṃ ca gandhaṃ mālyaṃ rasān striyaḥ  
śuktāni yāni sarvāṇi prāṇināṃ caiva hiṃsanam //

> Let him abstain from honey, meat, perfumes, garlands, substances (used for) flavouring (food), women, all substances turned acid, and from doing injury to living creatures.  
> — 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.2.177) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.177) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Śabdakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.sabdakalpadruma.197.5.p1) — Rājā Sir Rādhākānta Deb, Sanskrit
- [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.1.31.p1.15) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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