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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.39

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.39

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.39)

ata ūrdhvaṃ trayo 'py ete yathākālam asaṃskṛtāḥ  
sāvitrīpatitā vrātyā bhavanty āryavigarhitāḥ //

> After those (periods men of) these three (castes) who have not received the sacrament at the proper time, become Vratyas (outcasts), excluded from the Savitri (initiation) and despised by the Aryans.  
> — 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.2.39) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.39) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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