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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.212

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.212

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.212](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.212)

gurupatnī tu yuvatir nābhivādyeha pādayoḥ  
pūrṇaviṃśativarṣeṇa guṇadoṣau vijānatā //

> (A pupil) who is full twenty years old, and knows what is becoming and unbecoming, shall not salute a young wife of his teacher (by clasping) her feet.  
> — 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.2.212) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.212) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.2.205.211) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

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