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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.187

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.187

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.187)

akṛtvā bhaikṣacaraṇam asamidhya ca pāvakaṃ  
anāturaḥ saptarātram avakīrṇivrataṃ caret //

> He who, without being sick, neglects during seven (successive) days to go out begging, and to offer fuel in the sacred fire, shall perform the penance of an Avakirnin (one who has broken his vow).  
> — 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.2.187) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.187) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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